Leigh Whannell is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), and has since directed two more films, Upgrade (2018) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties.
Today we talk to Leigh about his latest film WOLFMAN we have also previously talked to him about Invisible Man & Upgrade.
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Leigh Whannell is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), and has since directed two more films, Upgrade (2018) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties.
Today we talk to Leigh about his latest film WOLFMAN we have also previously talked to him about Invisible Man & Upgrade.
AMBULANCE opens in cinemas April 7 and we were lucky enough to have a chat with Michael Bay who most of you will know from behind the camera on films such as The Rock, Armageddon, The Island, 13 Hours in Benghazi, The Transformers franchise and many many more! Obviously we chatted about the film but we also dived into some of the history with his previous films with anecdote’s from working with Sean Connery, John Krasinski, Martin & Will on Bad Boys and the legendary Bruce Willis. You also get an insight into how he works on a set, how many shots he does in a day, working with his editor and how he’s able to charm the local police to becoming actors for a day.
It was such a fantastic interview, it was supposed to happen earlier in the week but timing got the best of us and we had to reschedule which worked out better because he was super relaxed chilling at his house in LA and we got to chat for a solid 30minutes instead of what would have been 10minutes in a normal film junket environment. So enjoy the interview I sure had a great time doing it as you will hear.
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Leigh Whannell is an Australian filmmaker and actor. He has written multiple films that were directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015), and has since directed two more films, Upgrade (2018) and The Invisible Man (2020).
Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the Adam Stanheight character in three of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties.
Today we talk to Leigh about his latest film WOLFMAN we have also previously talked to him about Invisible Man & Upgrade.
