‘The Lengthy Stroll’ Star Garrett Wareing on His Character’s Massive Shock

Now that The Long Walk is in theaters, members of its ensemble cast are free to speak spoilers. The film, based mostly on Stephen King’s story, revolves round a literal death march, so it’s not shocking that not all the stars make it to the end line. The brutal twists include what order they go down—and at the very least one different shocking nuggets shared alongside the way in which.

In a brand new interview with Deadline, Garrett Wareing, who performs Billy Stebbins, talked about his experiences on the movie in addition to what occurs to his character.

Ultimately, it’s revealed to the viewers and Billy’s fellow walkers that he’s really the illegitimate son of the Main (Mark Hamill), the merciless overseer of the titular march. He places up a troublesome entrance, however it turns into clear Billy has acquired a distinct degree of funding within the competitors than the opposite boys.

“His dream, his objective, is to fulfill his father and for [his father] to be this hero that he idolized his entire life,” Wareing instructed Deadline. “I believe that he goes into the stroll pondering that it is a mandatory factor, it is a good factor. And all through the course, he begins to see the brutality that exists alongside one thing like this. And perhaps he begins to see it for what it’s, not essentially [as] what it’s pitched to [be to] these younger boys within the nation.”

Within the e-book, Stebbins is available in second place. Within the film, he’s third, a twist that enables for The Lengthy Stroll‘s poignant closing moments between Ray (Cooper Hoffman) and Peter (David Jonsson)—and Peter getting his wish-fulfillment a part of the prize, which is killing the Main.

There’s no joyful ending for Stebbins and his father, however Wareing did inform Deadline how a lot he loved working with Hamill. And sure, Star Wars got here up.

“One of many first instances I interacted with Mark within the make-up trailer, he made the good connection to Star Wars by saying, ‘, right here on web page 96 (or no matter web page it was), there’s a little bit of an “I’m your father” second when your character reveals that the Main is his father.’ And we each laughed. It was fairly becoming that Luke had now change into the daddy and in flip, I had now change into Luke chatting with Vader.”

The Lengthy Stroll is now in theaters.

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