Five Nights at Freddy’s actor Matthew Lillard talks about how FNAF fans received his character and how a potential sequel would be a bigger, more in-depth adaptation of the game’s lore.Lillard confessed he was unaware of how big the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise was until his children discovered he was cast in the movie. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he said his son was the first to confirm the importance of his role. “I came home, and I was talking to my wife about it, and my middle child was sitting there, and they heard me say Five Nights of Freddy’s and were like, ‘Wait, who are you playing?’ I said, ‘William Afton and some rabbit.’ And they were like, ‘Dad. That is going to be huge!'” he explained.Lillard is familiar to fans of the Scream franchise as one of the Ghostface killers in the 1996 original movie. That film has since spawned sequels, even fueling fan theories that he would reprise his role in Scream 6. Similarly, the actor says the success of Five Nights at Freddy’s confirms the potential for a sequel that furthers his character William Afton’s villain arc. Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, the actor has openly talked about the film, saying that FNAF fans have reason to hope for a continuing story. “I’m excited to see when they greenlight the second movie, the plan we put together to make it even bigger and even more successful,” he teased.Matthew Lillard Says Five Nights at Freddy’s Was ‘Built for the Fans’
Five Nights at Freddy’s actor Matthew Lillard talks about how FNAF fans received his character and how a potential sequel would be a bigger, more in-depth adaptation of the game’s lore.
Lillard confessed he was unaware of how big the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise was until his children discovered he was cast in the movie. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he said his son was the first to confirm the importance of his role. “I came home, and I was talking to my wife about it, and my middle child was sitting there, and they heard me say Five Nights of Freddy’s and were like, ‘Wait, who are you playing?’ I said, ‘William Afton and some rabbit.’ And they were like, ‘Dad. That is going to be huge!'” he explained.
Lillard is familiar to fans of the Scream franchise as one of the Ghostface killers in the 1996 original movie. That film has since spawned sequels, even fueling fan theories that he would reprise his role in Scream 6. Similarly, the actor says the success of Five Nights at Freddy’s confirms the potential for a sequel that furthers his character William Afton’s villain arc. Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, the actor has openly talked about the film, saying that FNAF fans have reason to hope for a continuing story. “I’m excited to see when they greenlight the second movie, the plan we put together to make it even bigger and even more successful,” he teased.
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