Danny Boyle has admitted it was a “nightmare” filming naked zombies for new horror movie 28 Years Later.
Danny Boyle had trouble with the naked zombies on 28 Years Later
The moviemaker has stepped back into the director’s chair to helm the new horror – written by Alex Garland – 23 years after the pair’s first film 28 Days Later hit cinemas and Danny has revealed they needed to take extra care not to have “naked” actors on the set because they had strict rules in place to protect the film’s child star Alfie Williams.
Speaking to PEOPLE, Danny explained: “I mean, if you’re recently infected [with the zombie virus], you’d have some clothes, but if you’ve been infected for a long time, the clothes would just disintegrate with the way that you behave.
“We never knew that [about rules governing nudity on set when there’s a child present] going in, it was a nightmare.”
Danny went on to explain the work-around they came up with, adding: “Interestingly, because there was a 12-year-old boy on set, you’re not allowed for anybody to be naked, not really naked, so they look naked, but it’s all prosthetics …
“So it’s like: ‘Oh my God,’ so we had to make everybody prosthetic genitals’.”
Danny revealed he was keen to push boundaries with the elements of nudity and gore in the film and he’s glad studio bosses were supportive of his plans.
He told Variety: “I think one of the wonderful things about horror is that you’re expected to maximize the impact of your story. Everybody wants to do that with a drama, with the romance, whatever.
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