“The love the two characters have for each other propels everyone and saves the day. “I feel like we’re at the turning point of cinema and having more representation in all matters. “It was such an honour to be part of this movie,” she told PA. She said the trilogy’s treatment of LGBT characters as the “heroes of our story” is “empowering”. Olivia Welch stars as Samantha in Fear Street Part One: 1994, whose relationship with Kiana Madeira’s Deena forms the main storyline. This is Fear Street Part 1: 1994 /dvAddw453v The first chapter in a new horror trilogy is coming for you on Friday.
“I was really happy to see that representation in this genre especially, it’s some pretty groundbreaking stuff we’re doing here.” Speaking at the film’s premiere in Los Angeles, she told the PA news agency: “It’s amazing, I think the way it was translated on screen was so beautiful and real. Over the weekend F9, the ninth Fast & Furious film, opened to the biggest box office numbers since the pandemic began, pulling in an estimated 70 million dollars (£50 million) across North America, studio Universal said.įear Street 1994 releases globally on Netflix on July 2, with the sequels arriving on successive weeks afterwards.LGBT relationships feature heavily in the trilogy and Stranger Things star Sink, who plays the character of Ziggy Berman, believes the representation was overdue in the horror genre. The lifting of restrictions has helped Hollywood’s attempts at returning to business as usual following the pandemic. Those in attendance who were fully vaccinated were not required to wear masks or social distance. The Fear Street premiere, held at the Los Angeles State Historic Park, comes after California, the most populace state in the US, lifted the majority of Covid restrictions earlier this month. She said: “Horror has a notoriously abhorrent reputation for how it treats queer characters, so one of the great things about Fear Street is I felt we could represent the reality of the world in a way that hasn’t usually been reflected in the genre.” “It’s so beautiful to me and empowering, it’s treated with such care and respect in the movies.”ĭirector Leigh Janiak said the films mark a departure for the horror genre. LGBT relationships feature heavily in the trilogy and Stranger Things star Sink, who plays the character of Ziggy Berman, believes the representation was overdue in the horror genre.