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Actors Reveal Shocking Deaths in Final Destination: Bloodlines – You Won’t Believe These!

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Russ Milheim from TopMob recently interviewed the team behind “Final Destination: Bloodlines” to discuss the extraordinary deaths featured in this sixth installment of the renowned horror series. Unlike the previous films that hint at multiple characters evading death, “Bloodlines” explores this concept within a single family, but ultimately, no one manages to escape their gruesome fate. By the end of the movie, each character meets a grisly, gory demise as depicted in the closing credits.

Among the remarkable individuals I had the pleasure of conversing with during my chat were Brec Bassinger, who played Iris Campbell, Kaitlyn Santa Juana as Stefani Reyes, Teo Briones portraying Charlie Reyes, Rya Kihlstedt in her role as Darlene Reyes, Richard Harmon as Erik Campbell, Owen Patrick Joyner as Bobby Campbell, Anna Lore as Julia Campbell, Adam Stein as co-director, Zach Lipovsky as co-director, and Craig Perry as the franchise producer.

Star Brec Bassinger Opens Up About the Crazy Death Scenes In Her Big Opening

Experiencing Death In a Safe Environment Was a Strange Thing.

In the opening scene of “Final Destinations: Bloodlines”, I find myself as Iris Campbell, stepping into the 1950s and embarking on a romantic evening at the brand-new Sky View Restaurant. Little did I know that this dinner would alter my life in ways I could never have anticipated… and not for the better.

In keeping with the style of movies like “Final Destination,” Iris has a chilling premonition where everything in the restaurant goes horribly wrong because of an errant penny. This leads to numerous people meeting gruesome deaths such as burning alive, being severed by an elevator, being crushed by a piano, Iris injuring her finger and falling fatally, among other tragic events.

  • TopMob: “What was just the most surprising part of pulling off either your death scene or any of the dozens that your character witnesses and in those moments?”

Brec Bassinger: Likely just scenes where actors are made to look as if they’re on fire. For instance, one of the cast members, Dustin, was the one who was ‘on fire’ in the initial film. Consequently, being part of such an intense and startling sequence, where it seemed like a character was dying due to burning, was both surprising and alarming. I never imagined I would encounter something so intense in what essentially felt like a secure environment.

There is a role for me, the stunt performer who shatters through the glass once the building crumbles, as a piano plummets, she must somersault down an inclined stage to land on the glass. And every single time, she does this, I can’t help but wonder, “Are you alright?” To which she always replies, “Yes!” and promptly gets up to do it all over again. It’s as if she was constructed differently.

Teo Briones, Kaitlyn Santa Juna, and Rya Kihlstedt on Their Shocking Deaths

The Final Three Deaths Were Some of the Most Shocking

At the film’s climax, it’s Kaitlyn Santa Juana (Stefani Reyes), Teo Briones (Charlie Reyes), and Rya Kihlstedt (Darlene Reyes) who are the final characters remaining on stage.

Initially, it’s Darlene who meets an unfortunate end. After miraculously surviving a car crash that left her vehicle in flames, she is tragically squashed by a fallen wooden telephone pole. Subsequently, Stegani and Charlie face their respective fates.

As a devoted cinephile, I’d rephrase it like this: While my brother and sister thought they had cheated Death, it turned out we were off the mark entirely. Just moments before we stepped out for Charlie’s Prom, a train went off the tracks, barreling through an entire neighborhood. Incredibly, we managed to outrun the relentless onslaught, but unfortunately, as the chaos subsided, we found ourselves pinned beneath colossal logs that had been flung from the wreckage above. It seems we’d stumbled upon one of the franchise’s most epic set pieces without even realizing it!

During his final moments, Teo Briones confessed that he sustained some minor injuries while filming the epic scene.

Teo Briones: We took a harsh beating since we found ourselves in a situation where we had to sprint at top speed before colliding with mats that didn’t offer much cushioning.

Kaitlyn Santa Juana: I never asked you this, was your body wrecked for like, a week after that?

Briones: I was fine. I just cut my face on the actual mat. 

Juana: My knees were busted. They’re still bruised to this day (laughs).

In the final movie, the death scene portrayed for Rya Kihlstedt’s character was not the original sequence as it was initially planned.

In the movie, I found myself narrowly escaping death only to meet an untimely end pinned under a heavy hospital door, which was initially planned to happen. A glimpse of this harrowing event can be seen in trailers for Bloodline, where it’s shown that debris from above fell and crushed my character as the doors turned violently.

In a different scenario, I captured an entire death on camera, only to return months later and record another distinct death. The first one was gory and took place near the letter ‘L’ from a hospital sign, while the second one left me in shock due to its swiftness and suddenness. Despite knowing it was imminent, I had still prepared for it, but when it happened, I was taken aback, leaving me wondering.

When queried about having extra input on incorporating details into their major death sequences, Kihlstedt confessed that it’s typically quite “planned out” as everything is rather “technically demanding.

Kihlstedt: The process was meticulously planned out. It’s quite complex. When you arrive at the editing station, they have everything organized to perfection, as if they had already considered every possible edit. Thus, when we reach that point, our role is to deliver precise lines, whether it’s a full word or a part of one, so they can seamlessly combine all the pieces and act while we’re speaking.

Richard Harmon, Anna Lore, and Owen Patrick Joyner Reveal the Most Surprising Elements of Their Death Scenes

Some of Those Crazy Effects Were Achieved In Unique Ways

In an unexpected turn of events, Richard Harmon’s character, Erik, experiences one of the most bizarre deaths in the entire film. However, prior to this grim outcome, he undergoes two separate instances that misleadingly suggest otherwise. Ultimately, it is not due to being a primary target of death, but rather, Erik meets his end in an unusual manner – by being crushed and absorbed into an MRI machine.

When queried about the most unexpected aspect of staging his death scene, Harmon disclosed that the legs depicted in the scene were not his own.

Richard Harmon: In my death scene, it wasn’t my own legs you saw. Instead, my stunt double’s legs were used. While my upper body was inside the MRI machine, my lower body was there too. They even sewed my shirt to his pants. When I leaned back, he raised his legs up, and that’s how they folded me.

As a film enthusiast, I found myself gripped by a chilling moment in Owen Patrick Joyner’s Bobby, where he shares screen time with Erik, but for an entirely different reason than his fatal nut allergy. Instead, a rogue metal spring from the malfunctioning vending machine down the hall unexpectedly pierces through the MRI machine and straight into Bobby’s eye socket.

Joyner admitted that being in “prosthetics for four days” was quite the experience:

Owen Patrick Joyner: It’s similar to wearing prosthetics for four days straight, something I wasn’t anticipating. I didn’t realize how painful spirit gum can be when it gets in your eyes. This experience was particularly unique to me.

In the film, Julia played by Anna Lore met an unfortunate end earlier on. A stray soccer ball struck her face, causing her to fall into an open bin, and subsequently, she was compacted inside a garbage truck.

Lore pointed out that it was peculiar to watch the visual effects crew tinkering with a lifelike replica of her own head, designed to detonate.

Anna Lore: It looked like a technician working on special effects – I had a fake head, and at one point they needed to adjust some tubing inside the head to make a substance ooze out. So they used pliers, which were inserted into my mouth, and I was just observing on the monitor… … Just seeing them with the pliers in my mouth like that was quite unusual…

Final Destination Producer Craig Perry on His Favorite Death Setup

“The Tattoo Parlor Is the Synthesis of What Makes ‘Final Destination’ Great.”

  • TopMob: “Out of all the deaths in the film, which one surprised you the most, just in how you were able to pull it off? And which one are you the proudest of?”

In simpler terms, Craig Perry is suggesting that the tattoo parlor, much like the movie “Final Destination”, is a single location where a specific character interacts. The audience knows death is imminent within the space, yet the character remains oblivious, creating tension and intrigue as we watch and hope for the character’s well-being.

Apart from delivering an exceptional performance as Eric, Richard Harman truly shines, not just in his portrayal of the role, but also in the physical aspects of it. His dedication was remarkable; he transformed into something akin to Buster Keaton in the horror genre, executing various acrobatic feats that seemingly thwarted Death’s design. This pattern of escalation is captivating and culminates in an unexpected twist regarding Eric’s fate, which, as far as I know, is a first for this franchise.

Indeed, it truly delivers its rewards while you’re left in awe. In my opinion, this concluding evaluation segment is crucial, as it effectively sums up all the elements that make this series exceptional.

TopMobors Break Down That Challenging, Gruesome Elevator Death

“We Wanted to Do It Practically.”

  • TopMob: “Everyone dies, but out of all of those deaths, what do you think was the hardest one to pull off, and the most unique to be able to piece together?”

Director 1: We found all those tasks incredibly difficult. To be honest, perhaps the hardest goal to accomplish was dividing the maître d’ in two within a crowded elevator – we opted for a practical method instead of special effects.

To create an identical replica of that actor, we needed to integrate it with a set featuring an elevator, allowing us to capture the elevator’s movements precisely. Subsequently, we divided the replica’s body at a specific point, emptied its interior including organs, and painted over all the puppeteers involved in the process. This meticulous task took our team an exceptionally long period to perfect.

All of TopMob’s spoiler-filled interviews for Final Destination: Bloodlines can be seen below:

Final Destination: Bloodlines is now playing in theaters.

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