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Its a fascinatingly detailed visual, boosted further by the fact its devoid of sound.
Also, how uncomfortable wearing corsets can be, even with a tiny waist.
So I went to a couple of test fittings and the rest is history.
They needed someone to do something weird, and they knew Id be down for that.
Those were all sealed, and a blank face piece would be magnetized onto the front.
All in all, it was about a half-hour process.
I usually play these dirty, gross, or dead monsters.
I dont often get to be weirdly pretty.
So this was very cool for me.
How difficult was it to breathe?
The corsets in the video didnt look too pleasant.Not at all.
The producers wanted us to look like we didnt have the same internal organs as a human being.
So they wanted us to have big, built-out chests and really thin waists.
Im pretty thin as it is Im six-four and 150 pounds Im not a big guy.
But they wanted us to be very thin.
They had a statue of me, essentially, so they can make the suit as perfectly as possible.
They did that scan with me wearing a corset, so I already had that shape.
And then when I got into the suit, I was wearing a corset on top of my undersuit.
It wasnt so bad, I swear.
Did you see out of the suit at all?
The Drones faces appear totally obstructed.There were two different face masks that snapped onto the front.
One was completely opaque and I couldnt see through it.
A little slit I could see out of.
What kind of directives were you given in terms of the way these Drones move and present themselves?
How strict was it?We had a couple of rehearsal days for movement and stuff like that.
We had a dance coordinator who came in to talk about preferred body movements.
They wanted them completely devoid of emotion and humanity.
A smooth, inhuman quality to it.
To just do whatever was needed.
So, doing things without necessarily looking at what you were doing was an interesting challenge.
Just move the arms while putting something away, not the head.Its very robotic.
Movement aside, what else did these rehearsals entail?We were there for two or three days.
They werent applicable to up-close camera shots.
And repeat, and repeat.
It was like a ballet.
But it was fun while we were doing it.
Jeffrey Wrights character has a pretty terrified reaction to a Drone Host when he first sees it.
He thought it was really cool.
Theres so much detail that the guys in production put into this suit.
It really draws your attention to it when it walks into a room.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
