Alex Wolff on M. Night Shyamalan’s Old and Why He Loves Nicolas Cage

With M. Night Shyamalan’s fantastic new movie Old opening in theaters this weekend, I recently spoke to Alex Wolff about making the film. If you haven’t seen the trailers, Old is about a family on a tropical holiday that discover the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly. The film was inspired by the French graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters. Old also stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Thomasin McKenzie, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Embeth Davidtz, Eliza Scanlen, Emun Elliott, and Kathleen Chalfant. During the wide-ranging interview, Wolff talked about why he calls Old a “Bergman blockbuster,“ what it was like filming with Shyamalan on location, how he got ready to play a kid, what people would be surprised to learn about the making of an M. Night Shyamalan movie, and more. In addition, with Wolff currently co-starring in Pig opposite Nicolas Cage, he talked