The Invitation
monition : Major spoilers forThe InvitationSony Pictures’The Invitationstars Nathalie Emmanuel as Evie , who departs New York to connect with her distant relatives for a marriage in the English countryside . Upon meeting wealthy family admirer Walter ( Thomas Doherty ) , Evie begin to fall in love before learning the truth of her sept ’s history and the veridical role of her presence at the upshot . However , Emmanuel ’s character shortly discovers that Walt , a Dracula - alike vampire , be after to initiate her into the kinsperson ’s descent by get hitched with her .
Emmanuel is good known for playing Missandei inGame of Thronesseasons 3 - 8 . Elsewhere , she has notably appear inFurious 7,F9 , and will feature inFast X. Emmanuel has also been cast in Francis Ford Coppola ’s upcoming filmMegalopolis . Doherty starred in HBO Max’sGossip Girlreboot . He has also appeared in TV series such asHigh Fidelity , Legacies , andCatherine the Great . The Invitationis directed by Jessica M. Thompson and to boot stars Stephanie Corneliussen , Hugh Skinner , and Alana Boden .
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Screen Rantinterviewed Emmanuel and Doherty , who verbalise about their view on play Evie and Walt , one scene’sGame of Throneslikeness , and more .
Screen Rant : Evie has quite the lam in this film . It ’s interesting how she bypasses one red pin after another before eventually deform the tables on her family . Nathalie , if you were in Evie ’s shoes , at what pointedness would you have stopped ?
Nathalie Emmanuel : I’ll be dependable , if a random second or third cousin was like , " Hey , derive to a marriage ceremony in a country that ’s not yours , on your own , " the movie would have been over . Grace ( Courtney Taylor ) would have been like , " Are you gon na receive him ? " and I ’d be like , " Hmmm … nah , " and then we ’d just go out to a bar or something . That would be the final stage of the flick if this was me in Evie ’s shoe . [ Laughs ]
Thomas Doherty : I might go . I ’d land a friend , though .
Nathalie Emmanuel : I inquire too many enquiry . I ’m far too suspicious of alien [ laughs ] .
I love Walt as this foul vampire with a magic exterior , and Thomas , you play that wave-particle duality really well . What did you solicit into so as to capture that intense charisma that slowly transitions into villainy ?
Thomas Doherty : I watched a lot of vampire motion-picture show and horror movies before . question with the Vampire — that sort of get that charm and that magnetic , evil thing , especially in Tom Cruise ’s persona . Al Pacino plays the devil in a movie , and the same melodic theme . So , I think it was just tapping into that . Being a high-risk character reference and act a just character , and having that secret and consciousness in my eyes , that help a portion to have that mind .
Nathalie , I require to point out that scene during the marriage ceremony when Evie sets the place on fervor . As aGame of Thronesfan , I have to ask you , did you feel like you were having your own Khaleesi moment ?
Nathalie Emmanuel:[Laughs ] Like , " sunburn it all down ! Dracarys ! " Sadly , we did n’t really get to set everything on blast in the minute . It was photograph in pieces , so I call up that sunburn was very much an isolated thing with the stunt squad .
Thomas Doherty : Something did go on fire , though , midway . We were shoot a scene . Do you remember ?
Nathalie Emmanuel : Oh , was it the little taper ?
Thomas Doherty : It was go up .
Nathalie Emmanuel : Yeah , I think it was definitely a burn - it - all - down present moment . It was kind of cool , and badass , and I would be lying if I articulate I did n’t somewhat enjoy it . Very much enjoy it [ laughs ] .
Thomas , is there any part of you that thinks Walt could still be alive ? Or , is he go bad to occur back as a ghost ?
Nathalie Emmanuel : Does he have a soul to be a ghostwriter ? I do n’t know .
Thomas Doherty : I ca n’t tell you that . I do n’t have it off . I mean , maybe . I intend , he is a lamia . There is always a theory of resurrection in some bod or another . I do n’t mean he ’ll be a touch . You do demand a soul to be a ghost , ripe ?
Nathalie Emmanuel : Yeah . I do n’t know . I think with this sort of supernatural existence , the theory are interminable .
Thomas Doherty : Yeah . We ’ll have to waitress for The Invitation 2 .
The Invitation Synopsis
After the dying of her mother and having no other known congener , Evie ( Nathalie Emmanuel ) takes a DNA test … and discovers a long - lose cousin she never knew she had . bid by her newfound phratry to a lavish wedding party in the English countryside , she ’s at first seduce by the aphrodisiacal aristocrat legion but is before long thrust into a incubus of survival as she uncovers sophisticate secrets in her syndicate ’s history and the unsettling intentions behind their sinful unselfishness .
Check out our other interviews withThe InvitationdirectorJessica M. Thompsonand composerDara Taylor .
