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'28 Years Later,' the highly-anticipated third film in the '28 Days Later' series, is finally in theaters. Actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams and Jodie Comer spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the new film. Taylor-Johnson and Comer, who play a married couple named Jamie and Isla, opened up about the biggest challenges they encountered while making the movie. And Williams, who leads the film as Jamie and Isla's son Spike, shared what it was like stepping into this starring role. Since fans of '28 Days Later' have been eagerly awaiting this new film, which is intended to be the first movie in a new trilogy, the actors also revealed what they're most excited for audiences to see in '28 Years Later.'

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00:00We're all like so happy to be a part of it. We're like, even if we weren't in this film,

00:04we'd be telling people to go and watch it. Perfect. Yeah.

00:0828 years later, the highly anticipated third film in the 28 Days Later series is finally in

00:14theaters. 18 years after the last film, 28 Weeks Later was released. Actors Aaron Taylor Johnson,

00:20Alfie Williams, and Jodie Comer spoke to The Hollywood Reporter all about the new film.

00:25Taylor Johnson and Comer, who play a married couple named Jamie and Isla in 28 Years Later,

00:30opened up about the biggest challenges they encountered while making the movie.

00:33For me, if I think of character-wise, I think it was discovering and playing Isla's illness.

00:39You know, it's something that is very debilitating for someone who goes on such a journey throughout

00:46the movie. So it was kind of establishing that really and finding it and also finding the

00:52dynamic of mother and son, you know, within their relationship. Spike is often actually having to

00:59play the role of parent and lead. And so that was something for me and Alfie to find. So I would

01:05probably say that. Yeah, I think that's also, yeah, I mean, the challenge, you know, is always

01:10like, I think that for me, stepping in was like, I wanted a deep connection with Alfie's character.

01:18You know, I play a father, so I wanted this paternal kind of connection. And it was great because

01:23Alfie's just such a committed, you know, actor and so focused and brought the energy. And so

01:30it very quickly didn't become a challenge. It became this great working kind of relationship.

01:36Williams leads the film as Spike, Jamie and Isla's son. He opened up about what it was like

01:41stepping into the starring role. It was a lot of pressure. Obviously, working with such a talented

01:47cast, it was it was kind of like nervous working with these people. But every day, it was something

01:55new and exciting. And it was so refreshing. Every like, every day was it was great. I enjoyed it.

02:02Fans of 28 Days Later have been eagerly awaiting this new film, which is intended to be the first movie

02:07in a new trilogy. The actors revealed what they're most excited for viewers to see in 28 years later.

02:13Yeah, I think they're going to be excited to see how the virus has advanced and mutated in certain

02:19ways. I mean, there's a bunch of survivalists that have, you know, survived for 28 years,

02:25but the virus itself has changed. So I think that's exciting. But I think there's a huge expectation

02:31for one thing. And I think we're going to kind of take him on a journey of very much a coming of age

02:36story. And I think you get to see see the world through the innocence and curiosity of a lens of

02:43a 13 year old boy. So it's kind of it's seeing this landscape in a whole other way, which I think

02:47they're going to be excited about. I think as well, the film just feels so dynamic. You know, when I

02:53think about the editing and the soundtrack and the cinematography, and it's like, you look at 28 Days

02:58and it feels wholly original. And, and you think, how could they do that again? And they somehow

03:04have, you know, with this kind of 23 year gap where film is, you know, Danny and Alex and everyone

03:10has grown as filmmakers, they're able to kind of utilize different things. Now film has advanced

03:15and they've just, it's like, they've just seen it as this massive playground. And it's such a crazy,

03:23beautiful ride. For more on 28 years later, go to THR.com. For the Hollywood Reporter News,

03:30I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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