Get an exclusive peek at the making of this summer’s most unhinged horror-comedy.
What was it like to make this bawdy, blood-drenched slice of mayhem?
Fortunately, the cast and crew were gifted disposable cameras to photograph the behind-the-scenes action.
Rachel Sennott and Lee Pace in ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’.Gwen Capistran/A24
MAKE-UP SESSION
RACHEL SENNOTT:Okay, that is our hair and makeup den.
We would play music and re-energize ourselves or hang out and talk.
So that was a fun room.
(Left to right) Myha’la Herrold, Amandla Sternberg, Rachel Sennott, Chase Sui Wonders.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
LEE PACE:I loved every mInute of working with them.
This is a real actors' piece with this incredible group.
I have so much affection looking at them.
(Left to right): Chase Sui Wonders, Amandla Sternberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
They’re very bloody there.
They do look in pretty bad shape!
CAR-MEGGEDON
SENNOTT:I think I took that one.
(Left to right): Pete Davidson, Chase Sui Wonders, Lee Pace, Rachel Sennott.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
It was so crazy because we were in this small town, staying in basically a haunted hotel.
There was a little bit of trauma-bonding too.
You go through that together and you get close really quickly.
(Left to right): Rachel Sennott, Chase Sui Wonders, Myha’la Herrold.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
Pete’s about to hit me in the face here.
We actually all slapped each other once, because we wanted to feel what it felt like.
And I’ve never been slapped in the face before.
(Left to right): Rachel Sennott, director Halina Reijn, Myha’la Herrold.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
LATTE LADY
SENNOTT:That would be a little latte.
I love those behind-the-scenes of theMarie Antoinettemovie where it’s, like, Kirsten Dunst with the fries.
We would take silly photos like that in our blood.
Pete Davidson on the set of Bodies Bodies Bodies.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
Those are my favorite kind of photos.
It’s very “breaking the fourth wall.”
PACE:Rachel made me laugh constantly.
Rachel Sennott in Bodies Bodies Bodies.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
What a fun, easy connection we had from the minute we met.
The love affair that these two characters have made total sense to me.
They really know how to take a picture, these girls, don’t they?
(Left to right): Amandla Sternberg and Maria Bakalova.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
THE GORE-TEUR
SENNOTT:Halina’s amazing.
I loved working with her.
It felt like we were a theater company, which she talks about a lot.
(Left to right): Myha’la Herrold, Amandla Sternberg, Pete Davidson, Lee Pace, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, Case Sui Wonders.The Cast and Crew of Bodies Bodies Bodies /A24
It was really an amazing experience.
So to see her take on this different role of director was inspiring.
PETE DAVIDSON’S BIGGEST FANS
SENNOTT:I think it was really hot.
We were either freezing cold or boiling hot, very extreme temperatures.
So hair and make-up would give us these fans and we would be waving ourselves in between takes.
Or it would be very cold and we would be shivering with towels.
He really committed to his character and developing his character’s toxic relationship with the whole group.
It was just really fun to act off him.
PACE:On set, Pete is such a pro.
He delivered for every take, nailed it every time, and did surprising things every time.
On-camera, such an incredibly talented person, and off-camera, absolutely hilarious.
I always would want to pull up a seat next to him because his stories are the best.
STEP UP
SENNOTT:I think Myha’la took that.
Alice [Sennott’s character] is there for a good time.
She wants everyone to have fun.
So, from my perspective, I was like: She thinks we’re here in this beautiful house.
We should all just have fun, and everyone just wants to create problems.
I think Alice wishes that just everyone would, like, dance, you know.
Dance and do drugs!
They are a bunch of jerks, but fun jerks.
I mean, talk about a total natural.
I am so excited to see the kind of roles and people she inhabits as she continues to work.
What a scene stealer, my God.
DIRTY WORK
SENNOTT:By the end, the whole place was trashed.
We were sticky, dirty, gooey, sopping wet.
So, no, we did not keep anything clean.
KILLER CAST
PACE:What a nice picture with all of us.
What a treasure to have that.
And I see that in this photo.
Bodies Bodies Bodieshits theaters Aug. 5.
Watch the film’s trailer below.
