Talking Scared
Talking Scared
Neil McRobert
Off Book #24 – Whalefall, with Brian Duffield & Daniel Kraus
55 minutes Posted Oct 16, 2026 at 4:00 pm.
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Happy Whalefall Weekend!
 
Brian Duffield’s incredible adaptation of Daniel Kraus’ novel is now in cinemas. I was lucky enough to see an early screening and even luckier to get time with Brian and Daniel to talk about how the hell they made something so audacious.
 
We talk daddy issues aplenty, whale stomach sets, practical FX and the toll they took on the star, Austin Abrams. And I get lost in my own rapture over a certain scene that almost made me feel a real, authentic human
emotion. Unbelievable.
 
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