‘The Watchers’: Dakota Fanning, Ishana Shyamalan and Georgina Campbell Reveal How ‘Love Island’ Helped Shape the Horror Film
variety.comKatcy Stephan “Try not to die!” When Dakota Fanning’s Mina prepares for a night out with a bird on loan from the pet shop, she gives him that warning in jest before bolting out the door.
Little does she know, the sunny yellow bird will soon parrot that phrase back to her as she faces unimaginable horrors deep in the woods of Ireland.
Thankfully, the real bird had a more calming presence on set. “Her real name was Sunshine. She was great! Easygoing. No problems.
Got a lot of attention. Everyone really loved her and took really good care of her. She was munching on blueberries most of the time in her little cage,” Fanning says of her feathered co-star. “The Watchers,” in theaters Friday from Warner Bros., follows Mina as she finds herself trapped in the forest with three strangers (Georgina Campbell, Oliver Finnegan and Olwen Fouéré), forced to abide by the rules of mysterious malevolent creatures each night.
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