Amber Doig-Thorne”loves” how ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ combines the basic kids’s character with the style of horror.
The 22-year-old actress stars within the main position of Alice within the unbiased movie that twists the characters from the A.A Milne sequence inside out however knew right away she wished to be concerned within the challenge as a result of she is a giant fan of horror and grew up with toys primarily based on the Disney cartoon.
She informed FlickeringMyth.com: “It was actually thrilling to listen to that they had been going to be turning Winnie The Pooh right into a horror movie. I beloved Winnie the Pooh rising up – I had the toys, learn the books, performed the video games and beloved the movies – and horror can be one in all my favorite genres to look at, so once I noticed the synopsis for Blood and Honey I used to be very intrigued! It was a novel alternative the place these two issues that I like had been merged collectively, so I knew right away that I wished to be concerned. I believed it was a extremely thrilling idea as Winnie has at all times been a kids’s character.
“Nevertheless, with this movie we’re redefining the Winnie the Pooh characters for an grownup viewers – so hopefully there might be an entire new group of people that haven’t come throughout Pooh beforehand who will be capable to recognize this character as an grownup.”
The movie went viral throughout its manufacturing interval as media retailers picked up on it being filmed and Amber went on so as to add that the sudden consideration on the unbiased film – which had a funds of simply $100,00 – had been “overwhelming” and she or he has been “mind-blown” by the resonse.
She added: “It’s definitely been overwhelming, in the absolute best means! Once we had been filming I keep in mind calling my dad and mom and saying that I had a intestine feeling that this movie might do very well, however I by no means anticipated simply how a lot curiosity there can be! When the stills and trailers began going viral final yr I used to be blown away by the response. It was mind-blowing to see international retailers like The Hollywood Reporter, New York Instances, Selection and Rolling Stone writing articles on our little unbiased movie!”