Was the kid that played Paulie a 40 year old man playing a child?
He’s too creepy. (Laughs) He’s the smartest kid. William Howes, he so loved his character, he really wanted to take his costume home (laughs) so he’s been running around Brighton in character as Paulie. (Laughs) Kids love to play bad when they know it’s safe to do so… Totally and I think it’s empowering for them. We were inspected by the authorities like 3 times during filming, which never happens. The kids had the best time and we totally looked after them. But I couldn’t agree more. That was my memory of playing games as a kid. It was always kill the invisible monster next to you. I once had a neighbor who threw a garden fork at me to kill the invisible monster in front of me. That’s how I sold it to the kids. It was the most fun version of a kid’s game like that. I don’t buy into that argument that if kids watch that stuff they go and repeat it. There’s something inherently violent about kids stories, kids games. Tell me about it, I grew up watching PG rated horror films from Disn
