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A problem shared is a problem halved, and in the case of Zach Cregger's nail-biting script for Weapons, he turned to a comedy icon and Emmy-nominated actor for some words of wisdom. The result led to one of the smartest moves in his recent horror movie, which fleshed out one of its key characters in a story about missing kids and unwanted visits from aunts you'd rather not be related to.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Cregger revealed that he had a sit-down with Barry co-creator, Bill Hader, who chimed in with a suggestion regarding Alex (Cary Christopher), the only class member who didn't go missing after seventeen students disappeared one night.
"Bill Hader is a buddy of mine. We would talk about the script, and I think it was his idea. He was like, 'You should figure out a way to implicate [Alex] so he feels implicated,'" Cregger explained. "So it was through a conversation with him that I had the idea of Alex stealing something. And when we were scouting on location, I saw these cubby boxes that were in a real classroom. So I was like, 'That would do it.'”
"I was talking to a teacher friend of mine, and I was like, 'Well, how could a kid come home with something from every other kid?' And she was like, 'Valentine’s Day.' And I was like, 'Brilliant!' However, we were shooting in the dead of summer, and the movie would never look like February. So that’s why I was like, 'I’ve got to think of something else.'"
