28 Years Later spoilers follow.
28 Years Later actor Chi Lewis-Perry has answered the question about that film everyone (even those who haven't seen Danny Boyle's long-awaited follow-up yet) is asking.
The former MMA fighter turned actor plays Samson, the film's villain and one of the Alpha-infected humans who have mutated even further to become hulking berserker brutes.
He's the film's biggest monster, and people couldn't help but notice the character has a big monster penis to suit, which the film shows off quite a lot.
The infected don't really have a need for clothes of course, and the ones they had at first have long-since disintegrated, hence the nudity. But did the film include real nudity (like with Cillian Murphy in the first film) or prosthetics?
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"Yeah, they were prosthetics," Lewis-Perry confirmed to Variety. "There's a law that states, I think, because [one of the main actors is] a child, you're allowed to have nudity but it has to be fake nudity. It was to protect him.
"And, as well, I'm really friendly and am always hugging people. I wouldn't have been doing that if I was fully in the nip!"
When asked if his prosthetic is realistic to the actor's actual proportions, he coyly replied: "Well, I’m 6 foot, 8 inches. I'll say no more!"
He also revealed he never went into how Samson became who he was with director Danny Boyle, but did create a little backstory for the character to help his performance.
"I've actually got a little notebook. In my head, what I did to help visualize his intentions and for him to be an Alpha, is have him saving others," the actor said.
"He sacrificed himself to protect others and thus he became an infected. It made him less of a monster for me."
28 Years Later is out in cinemas now. The original film is currently streaming on BBC iPlayer. Sequel 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is set for next year, with Samson set to return.
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