Clint Eastwood claims he’s the zombie from the 28 Years Later trailer, not Cillian Murphy
Recently, the teaser trailer for 28 Years Later dropped, showing a gaunt, terrifying figure emerging from behind some foliage. Fans immediately speculated that the figure was an aged Jim, the character played by Cillian Murphy in the original 28 Days Later. But Eastwood says the fans have it wrong. In a recent interview, the 94-year-old screen legend dropped a bombshell that no one saw coming: he’s the menacing zombie featured in the viral trailer for 28 Years Later.
“Everyone keeps saying it’s Cillian Murphy, but that’s bull,” Eastwood growled during an interview with Undead Digest. “That ain’t Cillian. That’s just me, no makeup, no CGI.”
According to Eastwood, he was approached by Danny Boyle to make a “special cameo” in the trailer.
“They didn’t even have to tell me to act like a zombie,” Eastwood bragged. “They just pointed the camera at me after my morning coffee. I shuffled around, mumbled some incoherent threats, and they were like, ‘Perfect.’”
The internet, as expected, exploded with memes and debates. “Clint Eastwood is the zombie apocalypse,” one Twitter user joked. Meanwhile, some fans are demanding that Eastwood star as a zombie in all future post-apocalyptic movies, including a rumored World War Z 2.
Eastwood says he’s not stopping with just a trailer cameo. “I’m pitching a movie called The Undead, the Ugly, and Still Good Kickin’. It’s about an old cowboy who wakes up during a zombie apocalypse and doesn’t realize he’s one of the zombies.”
When asked why he’s so passionate about the genre, Eastwood gave a classic squint and replied, “Because zombies don’t need stunt doubles.”
If Clint Eastwood really is the face of 28 Years Later, one thing’s for sure: the apocalypse just got a lot more intense and a hell of a lot grumpier.
Cillian Murphy, who has remained quiet on the matter, was unavailable for comment. However, sources close to Murphy claim he found Eastwood’s comments “charmingly unhinged” and “kind of on-brand.”
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