Interview With "Lurker" Stars Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe & Filmmaker Alex Russell

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

"Lurker" is an independent psychological drama thriller film written and directed by Alex Russell and stars Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Zack Fox, Havana Rose Liu, Wale Onayemi, Daniel Zolghadri, and Sunny Suljic. It premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it received strong reviews for its writing, direction, performances, and music. Russell, Pellerin, and Madekwe were all kind enough to speak with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters on August 22nd from MUBI. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Dan Baer's interview with the writer, director, and producer for Lurker, Alex Russell, and the film's two stars, Theodore Pellarin and Archie Maddicue.
0:13.7	So where do you find you at, meet and greet or something?
0:15.7	Uh, no. He came into the store I work at.
0:21.0	You make music?
0:22.9	Yeah, sometimes, bro.
0:24.8	You should come to the show, tennis.
0:30.6	Is this how you envisioned it?
0:32.3	This is the crib.
0:34.4	You should try to make yourself useful.
0:36.3	You want to stick around.
0:38.3	You go to camera.
0:39.3	You know how to press record.
0:41.3	What this?
0:42.3	What's shit?
0:43.3	You're like my hero, man.
0:46.3	You're always on Oliver's Instagram.
0:50.3	Ollie say hi.
0:51.3	Calling this fan Ali already?
0:53.3	You sound like one of his bitches.
0:56.0	You're like my best friend.
1:00.0	I mean that.
1:02.0	Yo, get back.
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