Brian Duffield talks alien invasion horror movie
Summary No One Will Save You takes a unique approach to the alien invasion story, leaning into the horror genre. The movie follows Brynn Adams, who suffers from extreme anxiety while living alone in her childhood home. While living her life of solitude, Brynn is forced to fight for her life when an extraterrestrial being invades her home.
Brian Duffield Talks No One Will Save You Screen Rant: This film is fantastic, and the score is brilliant in this film. How did you come up with the concept for No One Will Save You? What inspired you to tell this unique thrilling story? Brian Duffield: The thing with Kaitlyn is [that] I cast her, and as soon as she was in, I was just like, "Well, I'm done." And she knows, everyone knows. I'm such a fan of hers; [she's] so funny in Book Smart. I don't think Dopesick had come out yet, and then that was insane.
And then what was really great, and that was a surprise, and I knew she was a lovely girl, but being a director can be isolating and hard just because you have so much to do. And then having a partner, because she's a producer on the movie as well, and having a partner that just would rally the crew.
There's not a lot of dialogue in this film, but it keeps you engaged with Kaitlyn's performance, the mystery of the aliens and Brynn's past, and the pacing of the film is incredible. Can you talk about the advantages and challenges of crafting a film with very little dialogue? Brian Duffield: We spent a lot of money on that, dude. While I've been doing press today, I know NASA released their giant document about UAPs, and I haven't read it yet, but I'm like, "I got a week to go. They better not blow my release."
And so just by that little glimpse of it, I wanted her and the audience to go, "Alien. Done. Know what it is, all on the same page, go." And so there's never really a moment for me that the audience and Kaitlyn aren't on the same page. Like you said, it's like you want to feel like they're holding hands and experiencing it together. And so having them, everyone goes, they see the glimpse and without having to say, "Alien," everyone can go, "Alien.
And yeah, for us, it was like this girl that had a very complicated, troubled past, but had put in a lot of really hard work to make herself as okay as she, I think, feels like she deserves to feel. It was really important for Kaitlyn and myself to feel like this is a character that while hard stuff has happened, she's got some joy. She's got this house, she's got... It's a really well-rounded life.