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Jovan adepo talks JJ abrams, boot camp and creature effects

What do you make of the online speculation that this ties in to the Cloverfield universe? I tend to be in my own bubble the majority of the time but I had heard through social media it was supposed to fall under the Cloverfield series. I never really gave it too much thought because we didn’t discuss it during production. At all. As far as I was concerned, it was a film about a reimagined time in WWII with supernatural themes. I was onboard for that!

What was it like meeting JJ Abrams?

I was incredibly intimidated when JJ came to set the first time. It’s hard not to be, knowing the great work he’s done and his reputation for expecting the best work from all of his actors. He told me he was proud of the work we were doing and it doesn’t get any better than that.

Did you enjoy the boot camp you did before shooting?

It was incredible and absolutely necessary. We used the time to learn about navigation, communication within the group, as well as weapon training. Everything we learned in camp we were able to apply to our work in the film.

How was it working with the prosthetic creature effects?

I was easily grossed out by them! I tried to keep my distance as much as I could before filming so the feeling of disgust and fear could play naturally, but then the FX guys would make a creature wiggle or something and we’d have a nice laugh from it.