Faces of Death star Barbie Ferreira was worried that the new take on the 1970s horror mockumentary wouldn’t be released because of the controversy surrounding the original film.
Barbie Ferreira feared that Faces of Death would never see the light of day.
The 29-year-old star plays the lead role in the reimagining of the 1970s horror mockumentary but has revealed that she was left concerned that the picture – which was shot in 2023 – wouldn’t be released because of the controversy surrounding the original film, which was banned in several countries due to its graphic content.
Speaking to Deadline, Ferreira said: “I thought I learned a whole big lesson in Hollywood. I’m like, ‘Oh, showbiz! You could shoot a whole movie, and it doesn’t even come out.’
“It felt like such a fun, good movie, that it finally is coming out and we’re all just so hyped about it. It’s been this thing where I’m just like, ‘It’s Faces of Death. Are they going to censor us? Are they not going to put us in theatres? Are they not gonna even come out with it, period?’
“So, this moment is just so satisfying, because it’s been so long of me stressing over the fact that this wonderful, super cool, scary as f*** horror movie isn’t getting any attention because of things that don’t even have nothing to do with the art, has nothing to do with the film.”
Barbie also loved getting to work with co-star Charli XCX and explained that she had been a fan of the pop star long before her hugely successful 2024 album Brat.
The Mile End Kicks star said: “I mean, this was her first acting role that she shot, and now she’s like a big movie star, pop star. It was before Brat. Like, you don’t understand, this was a year before Brat. We were the OG fans. I’ve known Charli for a long time and have been such a fan of hers throughout her all her albums, and been to all her shows.
“It was cool to see her come into my world, where it’s a little bit less glamorous, where we’re shooting in Louisiana, this sort of indie, sort of not, horror movie, where it’s like 15 hours a day, and the call time’s 4am. So, it’s really fun to see her in that element and outside of the the big glamorous pop star, cool girl that she is and really in character. It was really fun.”
Ferreira previously starred as Kat Hernandez in the hit TV series Euphoria but thinks that leaving the show in 2022 was a necessary decision to allow her to “spread her wings” in the movie industry.
She explained: “It just felt like for me, what I wanted to do is act and be able to do different roles, and if Euphoria was going to serve that for me, I would have happily done it forever, however long it would have been.
“But it wasn’t really letting me show my range. In fact, it was kind of diminishing as time went on, and it was like, what makes me happy is acting and growing my career.”
Barbie Ferreira was concerned that Faces of Death wouldn’t be released
