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However, it was decided that it felt more vulnerable for the children to be left with Scarlet rather than Doyle at the end. In the original script, it was Scarlet (Rose Byrne) who was burned and Doyle (Jeremy Renner) who was beaten to death by Don. Jeremy Renner’s character was named “Doyle” as an homage to Danny Boyle who directed 28 Days Later. It really shows because the infected are absolutely terrifying with how fast they move!Ĩ.

One of the requirements to be an extra playing the infected was a background in some sort of physical movement field (dance, ballet, miming, etc.). Despite playing American servicemembers, both Idris Elba (British) and Rose Byrne (Australian) were speaking with incredibly convincing fake American accents for their roles.ħ.

Danny Boyle was still very involved as a producer, and even directed the film’s opening sequence at the farmhouse, as well as several second unit shots.Ħ. Robert Carlyle (Don) had previously been offered the role of Major Henry West in 28 Days Later, but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts (the role eventually went to Chris Eccleston).ĭon was a much better role for him because instead of being an outright villain, he gets to play a main character that’s very morally gray and conflicted.ĥ. Other early story ideas included an SAS team being sent in to evacuate the Queen from England.Ĥ. The original movie’s leads Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris were also busy with other projects, so it was decided to scrap any story that involved Jim and Selena and feature a cast of entirely new characters.ģ. At that point, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo stepped in as co-writer/director and 28 Weeks Later became a co-production between the UK and Spain.Ģ. Originally Danny Boyle was intended to return to direct, however by 2005 he was busy in pre-production with his sci-fi epic Sunshine. Following the massive international success of 28 Days Later, a sequel was quickly greenlit. But in honor of its 15th anniversary today, we wanted to take a look back at 28 Weeks Later and honor it with 15 fun facts!ġ.

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Granted, there was a 5 year gap between movies, and by the time 2007 rolled around, the zombie resurgence was in full swing. While 28 Days Later took the world by storm, its sequel 28 Weeks Later didn’t get quite the same fanfare. It also breathed new life into the zombie genre, and with the help of 2002’s 28 Days Later, it reinvigorated the “infected” subgenre, which arguably began with George A. The 2000s brought with it not just the dawn of a new century and millennium.

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