Live from Austin, Texas: SXSW Film Festival: interview with Actor Brandon Sklenar, the star of “Drop”

March 9, 2025

On March 9 in Austin Texas, at the historic Paramount Theater was the SXSW Film Festival Movie Premier of “Drop” that was Directed by Christopher Landon, who returns to the thriller genre with the playful, keep-you-guessing intensity he perfected in the Happy Death Day films with this of-the-moment “who-dunn-it” where everyone in the vicinity is a suspect . . . or victim. Drop is jointly produced by blockbuster genre houses Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes.

On this show we have an in-depth interview with Actor Brandon Sklenar, the star of this movie, who tells us about his amazing role in this movie. He is on the right of the photo below taken from the movie, with his Co-Star: Meghann Fahy:

Director Christopher Landon, takes about: Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy, the breakout star of White Lotus and The Perfect Couple, who plays Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, who arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry (It Ends with Us’ Brandon Sklenar) is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.

She is instructed to tell nobody and follow instructions or the hooded figure she sees on her home security cameras will kill Violet’s young son and babysitting sister. Violet must do exactly as directed or everyone she loves will die. Her unseen tormentor’s final directive? Kill Henry. First dates are nerve-wracking enough. Going on a first date while an unnamed, unseen troll pings you personal memes that escalate from annoying to homicidal? Blood-chilling!

The film also stars Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) and newcomer Jacob Robinson as Violet’s sister and son; with Reed Diamond (Moneyball), Gabrielle Ryan (Power Book IV: Force), Jeffery Self (Mack & Rita), Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project) and Travis Nelson (The Lake) as the restaurant’s staff and diners.

Drop is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Landon, the writer-director of last year’s We Have a Ghost and the zeitgeist-rattling Blumhouse hits Freaky, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones and the Happy Death Day films. The film is written by Jillian Jacobs & Chris Roach, writers of Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare and Fantasy Island.

The film is produced by Jason Blum (Five Nights at Freddy’s, M3GAN) for Blumhouse and by Michael Bay (Transformers films, A Quiet Place franchise), Brad Fuller (A Quiet Place films, The Purge franchise) and Cameron Fuller (The Astronaut) for Platinum Dunes. The executive producer is Sam Lerner.

Cast: Meghann Fahy, Brandon Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson

Written by: Jillian Jacobs & Chris Roach

Directed by: Christopher Landon

Producers: Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller, Cameron Fuller

Executive Producer: Sam Lerner

The audience was on the ledge of their seats for this whole movie, as we think you will be when you see this movie when it is released in theaters on April 9th!

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