Obviously, it lasted longer than we originally thought. And then COVID hit, and we kind of the put the movie on the backburner, thinking: “let’s see how long this lasts”. Riley: Initially, before COVID, we were planning on an early 2020 shoot, probably in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, like Seattle or Portland. What was the process of that journey for you, and why was Finland ultimately the final destination? We had the immense pleasure of chatting with Riley Stearns about the production challenges he faced in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘happy accidents’ of filmmaking, how his signature deadpan approach has developed throughout his career and how the multi-faceted musician and artist Emma Ruth Rundle became involved in scoring Dual.įinding a shooting location for Dual amidst the COVID-19 pandemic was – as with many film and television productions – quite an ordeal. When she unexpectedly makes a full and medically inexplicable recovery, Sarah is legally required to face her doppelgänger in deadly combat to determine who will remain.Īfter premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to critical praise, Dual is set to hit US cinemas today. Guardians of the Galaxy’s Karen Gillan stars and co-stars as protagonist Sarah and her clone in this morbidly clever sci-fi satire, which also stars Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) and Beulah Koale ( Hawaii Five-0).įacing down a terminal diagnosis, Gillan opts for a lab-grown and genetically identical replacement to carry on her legacy.

Dual is the third feature film from writer-director Riley Stearns, whose prior features – including 2014’s Faults and 2019’s The Art of Self-Defense, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots – have not just struck gold on the film festival circuit but established a signature approach to black comedy.

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