Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar’s new thriller, DROP, is just that: absolutely thrilling. A visual and aural feast that will have you gripping your arm-rests, DROP—for the most part—takes place in an upscale restaurant where Violet (played by Fahy) and Henry (Sklenar) embark on a long-awaited first date.
This insular setting only adds to suspense as we learn Violet has a digital stalker intent on bending her to their will through a series of threatening digi drops in the form of memes and eventually messages.
As the threats heighten and mystery surrounding who in the restaurant is behind them deepens, the intensity of the film only continues to climb.
When marie claire Australia sits down with Fahy and Sklenar to chat about the film via video call, however, the mood couldn’t be more different. Asked about the intensity of shooting a film like this, the duo are immediately laughing, recalling Fahy spending a large portion of the shoot dangling from a harness.
“Not the whole time, it was a lot of fun, but yeah, there were definitely some moments that were tricky,” Fahy says as Sklenar chuckles beside her.
“Every time someone asks that question, he thinks about me in the harness and it makes him giggle. I spent a lot of hours in a harness kind of suspended in the air.”
It’s clear both on and off screen the actors have great chemistry. And, given the intimate nature of the film—shot in one setting, across a small dinner table–that chemistry (and acting) is part and parcel of what makes this film so great.
“It was pretty immediate,” Fahy says of bonding with her co-star. “We spent a lot of time together. I think something that people probably don’t realize is that everybody was on set all day, from the first shot to the last shot, because we didn’t really know how much we were gonna get through.”
“It kind of forced us all to be very close. We were very exposed to each other on that set,” she says, making a shrinking circle with her arms to demonstrate, “Which was nice.”
As though in sync, Sklenar makes the same gesture with his hands.
“We just got on really well. We didn’t rehearse, we didn’t really do anything other than hang out and spend time together,” he says.
“It was intense in that you’re in the same chair, in the same wardrobe, same background, same location. I’ve never done anything like that.”
He goes on to add, “It was probably one of the smoothest, most positive experiences I’ve had working on anything.”
DROP is in cinemas April 17th
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