No One Will Save You Having Almost Zero Dialogue Was Kind Of An Accident [Exclusive]

Shockingly, Brian Duffield didn’t get any pushback from the folks at 20th Century Studios about the choice to keep Brynn from being a talker, either. “The studio and I talked about a lot of different things about the movie, and what was great working with the guys at 20th [Century Studios], J.R. [Young] and [Steve] Asbell, was that they really loved the movie and wanted to make the same movie as we did.” The studio clearly believed in Duffield’s vision and trusted him to bring it to life, which resulted in a fantastic movie. Creatives are often at the mercy of studio notes, and sometimes the requests are laughably ridiculous. Luckily, that wasn’t the case on “No One Will Save You.” As Duffield tells /Film, “[This] didn’t mean they didn’t have thoughts, but it was so cool that everyone was in the same band, which is not often the case.”

One of his biggest champions was Steve Asbell, president of 20th Century Studios. Duffield says he would often talk with him for “hours and hours” about thematic moments in the film, but they seldom discussed the lack of dialogue. “It wasn’t like a come up in a ‘that’s great’ or ‘that’s terrible’ kind of way,” says Duffield. “It was hopefully how people watch it too, where they’re like, ‘That’s a cool addition,’ but if the movie didn’t have that element, it would still hopefully work.” I can only speak for myself, but “No One Will Save You” definitely worked for me, and even if Kaitlyn Dever had been the most talkative character to ever deal with an alien invasion, I would have still found myself cheering for her.

“No One Will Save You” is available to stream on Hulu.