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Weiss' first movie for Netflix after striking a massive deal with his Thrones cohort David Benioff.
Those giant, horrible, wonderful artificial creations aren’t there to save you."
Jaeden Martell stars as Kevin, who forms a heavy metal band with his pal Hunter (Adrian Greensmith), in the movie ‘Metal Lords.'.Scott Patrick Green / Netflix
InMetal Lords, Greensmith’s Hunter doesn’t fit in with the other kids at Glenwood Lake High.
“It’s almost like an armor that he wears to keep people away,” Weiss remarks.
Weiss says Hainsworth changed his perception of the character.
Isis Hainsworth as Emily in ‘Metal Lords.'.Scott Patrick Green / Netflix
He heard her Scottish Burr and decided to tweak Emily’s backstory, but it was more than that.
“There’s just something so mesmerizing about her,” he remarks.
But then HBO hired him and Benioff to makeGame of Thrones, and the rest is history.
Still, there’s an element of fantasy that’s inherent to metal he couldn’t shake.
“There’s a heavy wish fulfillment,” he says.
“When you’re 15 years old, you feel confused and not all that powerful.
You feel you might’t make your life the way you want it.
Fantasy is about the power.
It’s re-conceiving yourself as a larger-than-life heroic figure.
It’s probably what drew a lot of kids to the music.”
Metal Lordshits Netflix on Friday, April 8.
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