Fear Street: Prom Queen’s Suzanna Son & David Iacono on Horror Franchise’s Future | Interview
ComingSoon Senior Editor Brandon Schreur spoke to Suzanna Son and David Iacono about the new Netflix horror movie Fear Street: Prom Queen. Son and Iacono discussed what drew them to their characters, if there could be a continuation of the Prom Queen story, and more.
“Welcome back to Shadyside. In this next installment of the blood-soaked Fear Street franchise, prom season at Shadyside High is underway and the school’s wolfpack of It Girls is busy with its usual sweet and vicious campaigns for the crown,” the logline reads. “But when a gutsy outsider puts herself in the running, and the other girls start mysteriously disappearing, the class of ’88 is suddenly in for one hell of a prom night.”
Fear Street: Prom Queen is now streaming on Netflix.
Brandon Schreur: Suzanna, there’s a scene right at the beginning of this movie that I absolutely loved. It’s when your character does the thing where she pretends to cut her hand off. I thought that was great, and the gore is really cool — your character doesn’t actually lose her hand, but I thought it looked just as realistic as the rest of the gore that follows in the movie. Tell me a little bit about filming that moment. What was that like doing that in front of so many people?
Suzanna Son: Yeah, that was my first day on set. And that was my first time screaming. So to me, when I watch that scene, I’m like, ‘That’s baby me, that’s freshman me.’ It’s really beautiful and I’ll never forget it. Yeah. I think the puke was almost a little bit more gross in that scene, just how many takes of the puke we had to get.
It’s great, and it totally sets the tone for the rest of the movie. I thought it was so much fun. David, I don’t want to get too far into spoilers as far as what happens in the second half of the movie, but I loved your character, Tyler. For a while, I thought he was the killer, I won’t say if I’m right or not, but I thought it had clocked. I also love him because there’s so many sides to him — he’s acting suspicious sometimes, other times he’s a total jock, and then there’s a softer side we get to see come out of him throughout this movie. What was it like for you, as an actor, to kind of explore these different sides of Tyler? Is there an aspect about him you like the most?
David Iacono: Totally, yeah, great question. I think that it was very attractive to me, just how layered he was. At first, I was kind of like, ‘Oh, this dude is very one-note, lack of depth.’ But then, when I talked to Matt, the director, he approached it with such an empathetic approach. That made me feel very excited to dive into it.
Yeah, he’s a very impressionable young guy. He kind of goes with the flow a lot. He’s like a product of this insane town that they all grew up in. So I guess my favorite thing about him is how malleable he seems to be in whatever different group setting he’s in.
Totally. And it’s really interesting to watch how that all plays out, too — again, I don’t want to say too much, but it’s a great character arc and you played him great. Suzanna, I also really liked the friendship that your character has with India’s character, Linda. There’s something about it that felt so natural; they’re two very different people, but you can also see why they would be friends; it made total sense to me. What was it like working with India as a screen partner and exploring that relationship? Had you guys met before, and how quickly did you bond when you were snapping into these characters?
Son: Yeah, we met on the car ride to set. I remember opening the door, and I saw Fina and India. It was just such a warm vibe — like, it wasn’t quiet or awkward. We just sat down and started yapping. I was like, ‘Oh, how long have you guys been besties?’ And they were like, ‘Oh, we just met today.’ So I was like, ‘That’s the vibe.’ It was so easy. We almost had to pull it back a little because we just became good friends.
Sure. One more question for both of you, I don’t want to say who lives and who dies in this movie, but Prom Queen is part of the larger Fear Street franchise. There were already those first three movies that came out. I don’t know where the franchise goes or if this story is going to continue, even though there is that last scene during the credits that suggests maybe there’s more to come. Do you think there’s more to tell in this story, after Prom Queen? Would you be interested in continuing to play these characters, potentially?
Son: That would be so cool, yeah. I love that this movie is just like a stand-alone thing. It could have a future, for sure, I don’t know.
Iacono: Yeah, I think so, too. I think it would be so much fun. I agree, though. The fact that it’s kind of its own small story is kind of beautiful, but I’d be down.
Thanks to Suzanna Son and David Iacono for discussing Fear Street: Prom Queen.
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