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Ole Bornedal, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, & Natasha Calis Take 'Possession' of Comic-Con

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We sit down for a chat with 'The Possession' stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Natasha Calis and director Ole Bornedal at Comic-Con to hear all about their spooktastic film and some of the creepy real-life events that both inspired and resulted from it! They also discuss working with producer Sam Raimi, and Ole makes a rather risqué request of our Green Lantern...! Hosted by Nikki Novak.

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Young Hollywood

This ring could grant you guys any wish. I can make anything happen. What would you like to see happen?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Take off your clothes.

Young Hollywood

This is my skin.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

That's my wish too.

Young Hollywood

We're done. What's up guys? Green Lantern here for Young Hollywood with Natasha Callis, Ole Bornell, and Jeffrey D Morgan. How's it going?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Really good.

Young Hollywood

Is it Ole or Ole?

Ole Bornedal

Ole.

Young Hollywood

That's good enough for me. Ole. You can call me whatever you want with that outfit. See?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

What outfit, Jeffrey? What are you talking about? Just your Tuesday. What day is it today? Friday. Maybe it's through your glasses, it looks like I'm wearing something strange, but that's what it is.

Young Hollywood

So, okay, we're here at Comic Con in San Diego. Who is more possessed? The people here or the people in the film?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Oh my god. That's hard.

Ole Bornedal

Well, I think the only possessed person in this room is Natasha. She still persists. And she's capable. Now she looks like a sane, wonderful, innocent young lady, but she can exhale through stuff with her face and then you see her true self.

Young Hollywood

Can you can you show? Let's see. Oh my gosh. You got to watch it. It was a little scary. It was a little scary. Cool.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Daddy, can I get this? Whatever you want, kiddo. Something in there. Oh, that's weird. There aren't any seams. What does that mean? I think whoever made this didn't want anybody to open it. Are you okay? I saw something in her.

Young Hollywood

Okay, I saw the trailer. True story. And then within the trailer, then I saw fingers coming out of a throat, terrified me. I screamed out loud. How is this a based on a true story?

Ole Bornedal

Well, it it is it is based on a true story. There was a family

Young Hollywood

What?

Ole Bornedal

Yeah. There was a family that actually bought this Dippick box on eBay. I think it was 2002 and some really, really crazy things started happening to the family. Tragic things. And another weird thing that was after we wrapped the film in Vancouver, uh all the props, they were in a storage room and everything burned down to the ground and turned to ashes. And to this day, the Vancouver Police Department still doesn't know who how the fire

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I didn't know that.

Young Hollywood

I didn't know that either.

Ole Bornedal

It's true. Beneath his wings, you will be protected. He will cover you.

Young Hollywood

Oh my god. His truth. So did you have to do a proper exorcism when you all left set?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I got a ton of props in my garage. You got an exercise last night, didn't you? Did you? Oh, do tell us about that.

Ole Bornedal

He he has this thing called tequila.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Oh, really? Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Now we know why the glasses are on. It's not because my costume's too bright, right? We're having some issues today. Well, you you've been to Comic Con many times. Um, crazier this year, how does it compare?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Well, we just got in last night.

Young Hollywood

Okay. And you made it count?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

And I did. I made it count. I hadn't seen Ole in a long time. It's always I love this place. It's the it's the greatest place to kind of be able to interact with fans. Um a movie like this is it's so fun to be able to bring it here. These are the people are going to go see the thing. Um I get to do interviews with the Green Lantern. My name is Ryan Reynolds. Thank you very much.

Young Hollywood

Okay, Ryan. It's been so nice having this time with you. Huge fan. As a director, how was it working with Sam Ray?

Ole Bornedal

It was wonderful because Sam, you know, sometimes, and I have to say that, that some producers don't know much about film making. But the good thing about Sammy, of course, is that he's a filmmaker himself. So every time we came on this movie and came and said, we want to do this stuff to the movie in order to make it more real, work with real character, all the organic soft things that's in this movie, you know, because it's real stuff happening up there on the screen. It's real character, it's real psychology. And that's actually what makes this film work.

Young Hollywood

Yeah, definitely. Well, speaking of special effects this ring could grant you guys any wish. I could make anything happen. What would you like to see happen?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Take off your clothes.

Young Hollywood

This is my skin.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

That's my wish too.

Young Hollywood

We're done. We're a youngster among us. What did they do to you on set? I have no idea. How was it? Were you guarded and protected from these two?

Natasha Calis

That ring doesn't work. It didn't work at all. It's a faulty ring. Could your wish please be to make sure that that wish doesn't happen to keep my clothes on.

Young Hollywood

Don't worry. I think next time you guys got to do a comedy for sure.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

We will. We will. I said getting off this movie, it's so intense. I'm like, I'm doing a comedy after this. Let's do it.

Young Hollywood

Thank you all for chatting with us. Thank you, Ryan.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Ole Bornedal

    Director of 'The Possession'

  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan

    Star of 'The Possession'

  • Natasha Calis

    Star of 'The Possession'

  • Nikki Novak

    Host of the interview

  • Sam Raimi

    Producer of 'The Possession'

  • Ryan Reynolds

    Fictional alter ego of the host

FAQ

Who directed 'The Possession'?+
'The Possession' was directed by Ole Bornedal, who is interviewed alongside the film's stars.
Who are the stars of 'The Possession'?+
The stars of 'The Possession' are Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Natasha Calis.
Is 'The Possession' based on a true story?+
Yes, 'The Possession' is based on a true story about a family who bought a Dybbuk box on eBay in 2002, leading to strange occurrences.
What happened to the props after 'The Possession' wrapped?+
After filming wrapped, all the props were in a storage room that burned down to ashes, and the cause of the fire remains unknown.
Who produced 'The Possession'?+
Sam Raimi produced 'The Possession', and director Ole Bornedal praised him for his filmmaking knowledge.

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