ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke Aviary Barcelona Stars Diego Calva and Georgina Campbell talk about wearing blindfolds and the film’s diverse cast. The film will premiere on Netflix on July 14, 2023.
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke Aviary Barcelona Stars Diego Calva and Georgina Campbell talk about wearing blindfolds and the film’s diverse cast. The film will premiere on Netflix on July 14, 2023.
“From the producers of the global phenomenon Bird Box comes Bird Box Barcelona, an extension of the film that captivated audiences in 2018,” reads the film’s official synopsis. “After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must master his own journey of survival through the deserted streets of Barcelona. As he forges shaky alliances with other survivors and they attempt to flee the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat arises.”
Tyler Treese: Diego, the directors have told me that sometimes the actors prefer to actually be blindfolded. How did you approach the blindfolded scenes?
Diego Calva: I don’t know, it’s always changing. So your way of behaving when, for example, you’re more aware of the sound and you’re not aware of the space… So you move differently. I don’t know, in some settings it was pretty cool not to see that and try to explore that.
Georgina, in this film your character deals with many difficult issues such as depression, grief and loss. What did you find most interesting about your character’s storyline in this film? I
Georgina Campbell: I find it interesting that she has often blamed herself for something that happened to her brother in the past and she is someone who listens to other people – she is a therapist. She’s used to listening to other people’s problems and trying to help them, but she doesn’t necessarily do the same with herself. I think through this film and through meeting the character of Sebastian Mario Casas, she’s kind of learning that she needs to look at herself and that she hasn’t dealt with the grief from her past
Diego, for any disaster movie, the human interactions are just as important as anything else that happens. Can you address the human element in the film and this interesting dynamic where they have to trust others to survive but also have to be very careful of whoever they interact with?
Diego Calva: I think in those movies, in Bird Box, Barcelona, humans are the new enemy too, and in any apocalyptic movie, like zombies, you have to be aware of human consciousness. So Mario is not a good character here. (Laugh).
Georgina, the original Bird Box was such a smash hit. What was really a pleasant surprise is that it’s not a retread. How satisfying was it that this universe was expanding? We’re seeing whole new levels and you have such a great diverse cast too. How great was it when you read the script and saw what it does to really expand the world?
Georgina Campbell: Yes, I was really amazed. The idea (often) is that many non-English language films would be picked up by America and remade in English. It was kind of a fun twist. That they took a major Hollywood film to a non-English speaking country and made an extension of it. I found this so exciting and will hopefully get people involved who wouldn’t normally watch movies that aren’t in their language. I just think the script is really smart. It is different. It’s not a sequel. It tells its own story and offers a very different perspective than we already saw in the first Bird Box.
Diego, Babylon was one of my favorite movies last year. From all this experience, from filming to doing so much public relations for this film, what lesson did you learn the most?
Diego Calva: I learned English for Babylon – I didn’t know English at the time, but I realized that there is another language that I actually speak, which is the language of film. What I do, my craft… I can do it the same anywhere in the world. Like in China, in Barcelona and in Mexico, the filmmaking is the same.