Jack Quaid is happy he can now say how he really feels about his Companion character, calling him even more "insecure" than Scream's Richie.
The critically-acclaimed new horror sci-fi sees Quaid play Josh who, along with his "companion" robot Iris (Sophie Thatcher), goes on a weekend trip with friends which goes horribly wrong.
When asked by Digital Spy if he felt like Josh would get along with Richie, Quaid couldn't be more in agreement: "Just two insecure man babies, just sharing a pint."
As for exactly what makes Josh such a person, you'll have to watch Companion to find out. However, Quaid noted that there is a big difference between Josh and Richie.
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"Richie, all I'm doing in that movie is I'm trying to make sure the audience doesn't get wise to me. I'm trying to make sure that they don't know that I'm secretly the bad guy and Richie very much wants to be a Scream killer, so he loves chewing the scenery," he explained.
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"Josh, you know more or less from the beginning of the movie that he's the antagonist and what I loved about the writing for him and a big reason why I wanted to do the movie was he was not a scenery-chewing villain.
"He is an antagonist that does not know that he's the antagonist. He's just a guy with a problem. I think a lesser version of this movie would have had Josh as the protagonist and Iris is going crazy and Josh has to save the day, but I just love that the villain is the human.
"He's definitely one of the most insecure people I've ever played in my life. While I'm shooting, you have to have empathy for the character, even though he makes some pretty despicable choices, and I'm so happy now to just say, 'Screw Josh'."
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Ahead of Companion's release, Quaid's co-star Sophie Thatcher also spoke to Digital Spy about how the movie gave her something new to play with.
"There's a lot of lightness in her in the beginning and I feel like I'm drawn to darker projects. This movie becomes darker but it was fun to play with that lightness in the beginning," she reflected.
Companion is released in cinemas on January 31.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
