Still, eventually, we ended up returning to where we had worked with Elena Sanchez on 'Demigod,' our previous film, and she's such a delight to be around, an amazing actress, and such a generous person We talked about it repeatedly, and she seemed perfect, so we asked her to participate in the project.
Doleac: After which,[...]
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That's the closest as far as inspiration we had to our film.
Williams: There is some somatic inspiration from 'Phantom of the Opera.'
Doleac: More of a literary Easter Egg.
Elena Sanchez and Miles Doleac in "Open" (2023) Image courtesy of Virgil Films
What did you model your rock personas after?
Williams: Each character in the hallucination, like in the[...]