Lukas Gage on the AI ​​horror movie Companion, Be “Unhinged” in Hollywood

Lukas Gage He is determined to keep people on their feet – on and off the big screen.

The actor, 29, plays in a new companion Ai-Horror Comedy Companion as Patrick, one of the six friends who gather in a distant Lake House to enjoy the weekend far away. What is to be a curious few days of board games and drinking quickly turns into a blood bath while controlling Josh (Jack quaid) reveals his robotic girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher)that he is not human. Gage is only one half of the dotted couple in the meantime Harvey Guillén’s Eli, both of whom – seemingly innocent – find themselves in the middle of madness.

The assumption seems to be simple enough, but the team that has released Barbarian There is no interest to give viewers one story for viewers, and what is developing instead is an unexpected and emotionally grasped story of love, abuse and yes, the risk of AI.

While Gage made its breakthrough in the field of dramas on ya as Tagged, Veronica Mars and Euphoriarecently converted into more mature roles in twisted psychological thrillers as Companionperformances in programs as White lotus and Youand in 2024 the bone is coldly scary Smile 2. And while Gage is happy to be dubbed with a modern “Scream King” because his career is still blooming, it is more about finding projects that feel increased – and apparently have something to say.

“I think I consciously attract myself to scripts or filmmakers and writers, which I think is doing a great job,” he shares solely in the last issue of the latest issue Us every week. “It doesn’t matter what genre … it depends only on the story we tell.”

But Gage admits that since he was young, he had a “sick, twisted little mind” and made zombie films in the basement with his friends – and feel tonal darker projects that could only be his “own call”. However, this will not prevent him from jumping on the chance to appear in one of this year’s highly expected blockbuster novels, The people we encounter on holiday.

While Gage’s range is certainly impressive – few of them can play on the cat king on Netflix Detective Dead Boys just jump into the role of a beginning ejector Jake Gyllenhaal’s Roadhouse Remake – also made his brand outside the screen, willing to speak his mind, be it his love life, the state of industry or something else completely.

Here Gage speaks Our About his new film, becoming a developing screen king and what it means to be in Hollywood “a little unhinged” (warning, main spoilers forward!):

Our: Companion It really keeps you on the edge of your seat. It is full of twists and turns. Are you the type of person yourself, who first reads the last page, or do you like the surprise of it all?

Lukas Gage: Hell not. Definitely (I want) a surprise of all this. If someone destroys the end of the movie, they’re dead for me. No spoilers never. I must always be blind.

Our: Spoiler warning – your character is one of the main twists! How was the revelation of the Patrick game of the robot about how you played it?

Gage: I think he didn’t change his intentions at the end of the day. His motivation remained the same, a robot or not. I think this is what is a bit beautiful in this movie, there are some of these robots or companions of artificial intelligence or are full of humanity than real people in the script.

Our: What research and preparation goes to any search for this balance of reviving such a complex character as Patrick?

Gage: I tried a little blind and I didn’t have too many judgments. There are a lot of things about Chat and AI and all these real sex robots, so I wanted to go without judgment, without prejudice. I was really inspired Alex Garland film Ex machina As something I found, he made a really good balance in giving him heart and humanity. I wanted to treat him with the same respect as if I were to treat any character. The only thing I played with was to adjust its programming when it came when intelligence or aggression and variations appears. But I didn’t want to treat him or judge him otherwise than I would another person. In my heart, I think his feelings are real. I loved the character was quite real.

Our: You also talked a lot about how the wardrobe will help you revive the characters. How did it work when he entered Patrick’s shoes?

Gage: You did your research! No, I know it’s a stupid thing, but I have a Cologne pin for every individual character I enter. And I worked with Sasha Grossman, a make -up artist in the film, and we chose all the tattoos together because (Patrick) has a full sleeve with AS Patrick, who has a culinary background, a tattoo that (Pro) as his favorite) food and little symbolics for a movie. As if there was a small wine. All these little complexities of the character that are nodded to things that have just brought me to him. And I really fought hard to have an apron in the movie. No one wanted it. They said, “It’s too much on his nose.” And I said, “It’s perfect. They must have an apron and must have this tattoo and must feel like Tom Ford’s skin. ”

Our: This film evokes robots more empathy and sympathy than for people. What do you hope to leave viewers from this movie?

Gage: I think it’s a really good question. I think there is a really blurred boundary between humanity and humanity and artificial intelligence. Both exist positive and negatives. I didn’t want to judge it. I did not want to say that all AI and all technologies are terrible and destroy the world. I think the way we use it and the way we treat it with respect and not abuse is important. If something (companion) can remind people to be a little more human and have a little more empathy and love for each other. That’s my hope for this movie. But I just want people to enter and have a good time. … It’s a fun ride and right now it’s a leak from some crazy.

Our: The film also has something to say about toxic relationships and authorization.

Gage: Yeah, I don’t want to give too much away, but I hope we learn from a toxic male character (in this movie) so that we don’t try to control anyone and not try to replicate this dynamics in the relationship.

Our: Jack Quaid plays a great villain.

Gage: Really, really yes.

Our: After filming something like this, do you feel more nervous about AI progress that we do so fast? Or less?

Gage: Listen, I’m afraid – without it. I think we’re going down the really slippery slope of how we abuse it. I do not agree with the use of AI for actors or writers and using this technology to remove the creativity or work of someone. I think that if we can use it on a positive platform to help people and do good things with it, there could be great things with it. But let’s be very careful with it and we won’t be too crazy about it. Because it scares me!

Our: You broke into the industry and have done a lot of ya, but lately you have attracted to other horror movies and psychological thrillers. Was it a conscious decision?

Gage: Maybe a bit of both. I think I consciously attract scripts or filmmakers and writers, which I think he is doing a great job. No matter what genre, but I say it grows up, I loved horror movies. I grew up obsessed with them and watched them all. I would stay home from school and just watch horror movies throughout the day. So I had a sick twisted little mind and made zombie movies with children in my neighborhood and camp. So I think it’s more of my own call. We call it to be King Scream. But all genres are great. It depends only on the story we tell.

Our: Everything you do has something to say, and you are one of the few new actors who are known for their great personalities – in a good way! Do you feel that it has helped you defend you in Hollywood?

Gage: Probably both, honest. I think as an actor it is important to have a mystery (and not to be so much) to the world (so) they can get lost in your characters. But I also think there is a level of authenticity and honesty I want to share with the world that I think has changed over time. I’m a little loudly my mouth and I probably revealed much more than most people, but I don’t want to hide. The section where the public intersects and private is a strange strange line that I always navigate. I just think people may get a little serious now. They go so far with the mystery that they are not willing to share anything with the world. And I might rather take over and have to match it later. That’s just who I am. I tried to suppress some things and tried to hide some things (but) it just came out. I’m a little endless!