WithExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vilenow streaming on Netflix, we’re reposting my interview from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
One of the many films to world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was directorJoe Berlinger’s true crime dramaExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The buzzed about film starsZac Efronas the serial killerTed Bundyand approaches Bundy’s story from the point of view of his longtime live-in girlfriendElizabeth Kloepfer, played byLily Collins, during the years that he hid his crimes from her.John Malkovichstars asJudgeEdward Cowart, who presided over the serial killer’s 1979 trial, andJim ParsonsplaysLarry Simpson, the lead prosecutor in Bundy’s trial and the man who eventually put the grotesque serial killer behind bars. In addition,Kaya Scodelariolooks like she’s disappeared in her role of Bundy’s mysterious ex-wifeCarol Anne Boone. The film, written byMichael Werwie, also starsHaley Joel Osment.
Shortly before the world premiere I got to sit down with Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Angela Sarafyan and director Joe Berlinger at the Collider Studio located in the Kia Supper Suite in Park City. During the wide-ranging conversation, they talked about being able to premiere at Sundance, if Zac Efron debated taking on the role of a serial killer, balancing the line between fact and fiction when making a film based on a true story, which scenes they were nervous to shoot before filming began, how the film changed in the editing room, and more.
I’d also like to take a moment to give special thanks to our Collider Studio partner, the all new2020 Kia Telluride, which was transporting filmmakers to our studio in celebration of the debut of the all new model, Kia’s first eight-passenger SUV that is several inches longer and wider than the brand’s award-winning Sorento.
Libations flowing at the Collider studio and parties were provided byLIFEWTR, Tequila Comisario, Sensi Tuscany Wines, Blue Moon Belgian WhiteandDragonfly Coffee Roasters. Food during the evening parties was provided byGreene St. Kitchen of Palms Casino Resorthelmed by Chef Du CuisineLanny Chin. Brand partners also active during the day-part includemou, a luxury footwear and accessories line, andThe Wild Immersionendorsed by Jane Goodall who was on-site with the world’s first ‘virtual reserve’.
Check out what they had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about.
Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Joe Berlinger, Haley Joel Osment, Angela Sarafyan:
Here’s the officialExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vilesynopsis:
- Ted (Zac Efron) is crazy-handsome, smart, charismatic, affectionate. And cautious single mother Liz Kloepfer (Lily Collins) ultimately cannot resist his charms. For her, Ted is a match made in heaven, and she soon falls head over heels in love with the dashing young man. A picture of domestic bliss, the happy couple seems to have it all figured out … until, out of nowhere, their perfect life is shattered. Ted is arrested and charged with a series of increasingly grisly murders. Concern soon turns to paranoia—and, as evidence piles up, Liz is forced to consider that the man with whom she shares her life could actually be a psychopath.
