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Sebastian Stan revealed he felt 'isolated and scared' filming scenes in new film as character with facial disfigurement
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Published 15:42 5 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Sebastian Stan revealed he felt 'isolated and scared' filming scenes in new film as character with facial disfigurement

His new movie has released to critical acclaim

Joe Harker

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Sebastian Stan has got a new movie out where he plays a man with neurofibromatosis, a skin condition which causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on nerve tissue.

In the film, Stan's character Edward eventually gets facial reconstructive surgery to remove the tumours, but he then becomes obsessed with an actor called Oswald (Adam Pearson) who gets a job portraying him in a play.

The film just recently released and has been garnering positive reviews from critics, with it currently enjoying a 90 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Stan and A Different Man co-star Adam Pearson recently appeared on This Morning to promote the movie.

While on there, he said that the movie's makeup artist Mike Marino had once been double booked for one of the days of filming, which meant Stan got his facial prosthetics applied hours earlier.

That meant he was able to walk around in public for a while, saying: "It was extremely isolating. I was very scared. You stand out obviously, and there's a powerless feeling to it, at least that was my experience."

"It really pointed out that we still have to normalise this idea of being different."

Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan star in A Different Man (A24)
Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan star in A Different Man (A24)

Elsewhere in the interview, Stan said the new movie was 'really special' as well as being 'unpredictable and a lot of fun'.

Pearson, who previously appeared alongside Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin, said: "There's no suspense or jump scare, or any of the old tropes that we normally see around disfigurement, like villainy, victimhood or false heroism.

"He's just a guy that charms his way through life."

During a press conference for the movie Stan said: "I think ultimately it's just interesting to hear this point, because I feel to some extent that's one of the things the film is saying, you know, is that we have these preconceived ideas.

"We're not really educated on how to really understand this experience.

Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson's new movie is out now (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty)
Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson's new movie is out now (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty)

"So I can't really speak to that, one of the things I love about the movie is that he's offering you a way to kind of look at it.

"Hopefully if you can have the same objective point of view while you're experiencing the film, then maybe you can pick apart the initial instincts that you have, and maybe those aren't always the right ones."

Pearson added: "This was the hook that we gave to Sebastian - You don’t know what it’s like to have a disfigurement, but you do know what it’s like to not have privacy and to have your life constantly invaded. You become public property."

A Different Man is available to watch in cinemas now.

Featured Image Credit: A24/Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty

Topics: TV and Film, Celebrity

Joe Harker
Joe Harker

Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected]

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