Barbie Ferreira just expressed that she was afraid faces of death, The 2026 American horror film and reimagining of the 1978 film will never see the light of day.
The 29-year-old star plays the lead role in the horror mockumentary, but has revealed she was worried the pic, shot in 2023, wouldn’t be released due to the controversy surrounding the original film, which was banned in several countries due to its graphic content.
talking to deadlineFerreira said: “I thought I learned a huge lesson in Hollywood. I think, ‘Oh, showbiz! You can shoot a whole movie, and it doesn’t even come out.'”
She added, “It felt like it was a fun, feel-good movie, that it’s finally coming out and we’re all so excited about it. It’s the thing where I’m just like, ‘This is the face of death. Are they going to censor us? Are they not going to put us in theaters? Are they not even going to bring it up, period?’
“So, this moment is very gratifying, because I’ve been insisting for a long time that this amazing, super cool, scary shit like horror movie is getting no attention because of things that have nothing to do with the art, that have nothing to do with the movie.” Excitement The actress added.
Barbie also loved working with co-star Charli XCX and revealed she’s been a fan of the pop star long before her hugely successful 2024 album. Brat.
Mile End Kicks The star said: “I mean, it was his first acting role that he shot, and now he’s like a big movie star, pop star. This was before Brat. Like, you don’t understand, this was a year before Brat. We were OG fans. I’ve known Charlie for a long time and have been such a fan of him on all his albums, and gone to all his shows.”
“It was cool to see her come into my world, where it’s a little less glamorous, where we’re shooting in Louisiana, this kind of indie, not kind of, horror movie, where it’s like 15 hours a day, and call time is 4 in the morning. So, it’s fun to see her in that element and outside of the big glamorous pop star, being the cool girl that she is and really getting into the character. It was really fun,” she said, describing her What was it like to work together? Charli XCX.
Ferreira previously starred as Kat Hernandez in the hit TV series Excitement But he believes leaving the show in 2022 was a necessary decision to allow him to “spread his wings” in the film industry.
“For me I felt like, what I wanted to do was act and be able to do different roles, and if Euphoria made that work for me, I would happily do it forever, no matter how long it took. But it wasn’t really letting me show my range. In fact, it was becoming less so as time went on, and it was like, what makes me happy is acting and growing my career,” she said of her decision to leave. Justified and explained. Excitement.
