Psycho dad

Bront Palarae is all set to terrorise his family in the film Daddy’s Home.

MALAYSIAN actor Bront Palarae will be flying to Manila, Philippines, to star in Bradley Liew’s upcoming film Daddy’s Home. The psychological thriller will see Bront acting in his first ever Tagalog-speaking role, a language he is going to learn for the film.

“In Daddy’s Home, I play a father who returns home after some time away at the sea. He somehow becomes a different man and his family doesn’t recognise him. Unexplained things start to happen,” he shared during an interview in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Bront said that he would start filming on June 15 and hopes to make it back before the Hari Raya celebration.

In 2016, Liew made his directorial debut with Singing In Graveyards and the film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Critics Week. Liew, who is originally from Petaling Jaya, is currently based in Manila. Singing In Graveyards was well-received and earned the award for Best Picture at the inaugural Malaysian Golden Global Awards in March.

Bront, 38, first met Liew during the screening of his film Terbaik Dari Langit in Tokyo, Japan back in 2014.

“I met him and (Singing In Graveyards producer) Bianca Balbuena. We talked about doing something together. Three years later ... here we are,” Bront said.

In other developments, Bront has just wrapped up filming for Joko Anwar’s remake of classic Indonesian horror film Pengabdi Setan.

“It’s about a family and everything takes place in a house. Something bad happens and my character, as the father, has to try and hold everybody together.”

Pengabdi Setan which is set for release later this year is Bront’s third Indonesian film after the comedy ensemble

My Stupid Boss and action movie Headshot.

Locally, his latest Kau Takdirku is a long-awaited film starring Remy Ishak and Ezzaty Abdullah, set for nationwide release on

Sept 7.