Ralph Fiennes has given a few insights into his "good doctor" character in Danny Boyle's hotly anticipated 28 Years Later trilogy.
The follow-up to Boyle's 2002 horror on a rage virus outbreak is expected to be released in three chapters, with Fiennes joining Cillian Murphy, who reprises the role of Jim.
The first film in the trilogy is directed by Boyle, while the second, titled 28 Years Later Part II: The Bone Temple, is helmed by Nia DaCosta (Candyman). Returning screenwriter Alex Garland penned all three scripts, with Boyle on producing duties on the whole trilogy.
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In a new interview, Fiennes confirmed that two movies out of three have completed filming and described his character as a "good doctor" helping the protagonist.
"It's three films, of which two have been shot," he told IndieWire.
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"Britain is 28 years into this terrible plague of infected people who are violent, rabid humans with a few pockets of uninfected communities.
"And it centres on a young boy who wants to find a doctor to help his dying mother. He leads his mother through this beautiful northern English terrain. But of course, around them hiding in forests and hills and woods are the infected.
"But he finds a doctor who is a man we might think is going to be weird and odd, but actually is a force for good."
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Alongside Murphy and Fiennes, the new chapter also stars Killing Eve's Jodie Comer, Kraven the Hunter's Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Back to Black's Jack O'Connell.
28 Years Later follows a first sequel in the post-apocalyptic saga.
Released in 2007, 28 Weeks Later is set seven months after the deadly outbreak and centres on siblings Tammy (Imogen Poots) and Andy (Mackintosh Muggleton) as they are admitted to a safe zone in London.
28 Years Later is released in cinemas on June 20, 2025.
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