Companion with Drew Hancock and Rob Savage (Ep. 530)

与德鲁·汉考克和罗布·萨维奇同行(第530集)

The Director's Cut - A DGA Podcast

电视与电影

2025-02-27

32 分钟
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Director Drew Hancock discusses his new film, Companion, with fellow Director Rob Savage in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses taking inspiration from grounded dramas instead of modern science fiction, working with Actor Sophie Thatcher to establish the feel of the robot character, and his process of discovering shots with his Actors instead of storyboarding parts of the film. The film follows Iris and her boyfriend Josh as they go on a weekend getaway to a remote cabin with a group of friends. When it comes to light that Iris is a companion robot, the vacation unravels into chaos as she goes haywire and exacts revenge. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/Events/2025/March2025/Companion_QnA_0225
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  • She's so good at her job.

  • We shot the first scene of her walking and I'm like watching the monitor going,

  • God, Sophie's weird at walking.

  • Like, this is like what's happening here?

  • And then it just, I'm embarrassed that it took like a stutter step to me.

  • Like, oh, wait, that's intentional.

  • Yeah, yeah, that's great.

  • Yeah.

  • Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

  • In this episode,

  • a weekend vacation turns violent in director Drew Hancock's dark comedy thriller Companion.

  • The film follows Iris and her boyfriend Josh

  • as they go on a weekend getaway to a remote cabin with a group of friends.

  • When it comes to light that Iris is a companion robot,

  • the vacation unravels into chaos as she goes haywire and exacts revenge.

  • Companion is Hancock's feature directorial debut.

  • His other credits include segments for Jimmy Kimmel Live

  • and videos for the band Tenacious D. Following a screening of the film

  • at the DGA theater in Los Angeles,

  • Hancock spoke with director Rob Savage about filming Companion.