One of the crucial intriguing tasks in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DC Universe is director James Watkins’ physique horror film “Clayface.” Primarily based on a script by horror maestro Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini (“Drive”), the movie is slated to start manufacturing this summer time … and now, we all know who’s taking part in the titular, shape-shifting monstrosity.
Based on Deadline, Clayface can be portrayed by none aside from Tom Rhys Harries, a relative unknown whom the powers that be have deemed able to mould the character in his picture (or, because the case could also be, vice versa). Casting a relatively contemporary face within the position is a brilliant transfer. Because the lots aren’t accustomed to Rhys Harries’ recreation but, he isn’t saddled with the form of expectations a extra established identify with a specific appearing type may face. It is a main profit for a personality as malleable as Clayface; in spite of everything, there have been so many variations of the villain over time that there is completely no telling the place this film intends to take issues.
Gunn additionally commented on the actor’s casting on X (previously Twitter), writing:
After a protracted and extremely exhaustive search, we lastly have our DCU Clayface in Tom Rhys Harries. Each Matt Reeves [who is producing the film] and I had been simply blown away by this man, and might’t wait so that you can see this movie, directed by James Watkins and written by Mike Flanagan.
Clayface star Tom Rhys Harries performed a vital visitor position on Physician Who
Whereas Tom Rhys Harries is much from a mainstream face, you could have caught a glimpse of his abilities in a number of productions over time. His first display screen appearing credit score is from 2011, and he is appeared in over 30 TV reveals and films up to now, principally in comparatively minor roles. His largest components to this point are arguably the main character Axel Collins in Álex Pina’s Netflix crime drama “White Strains” and the position of Energy Noel in Man Ritchie’s “The Gents.”
Nevertheless, the best method to take a look at Rhys Harries’ work is to fireplace up Disney+ and watch him in “Physician Who” season 1, episode 5, which is titled “Dot and Bubble.” The British sci-fi nice’s first full season on Disney+ goes to quite a lot of locations, and one among them is the terrifying, “Black Mirror”-influenced social media group of Finetime. Rhys Harries performs Ricky September, the largest star of the Finetime social media bubble … and, fairly probably, essentially the most level-headed individual on this doomed metropolis infested by carnivorous mega-slugs. The position of Ricky showcases the actor’s capacity to painting each an entertainer’s public face and the actual human being behind the masks, which can very effectively have labored in his favor when the DCU got here calling.
“Clayface” is at present slated to open in theaters on September 11, 2026.
