Jonah Hauer-King Teases 'Villainous, Horrible Knight' Role In Anna Biller's ‘The Face of Horror': 'No Redeeming Qualities Whatsoever'
At Monday's world premiere of the slasher requel, in which he plays Milo Griffin, the actor told Deadline that he's next beginning production in Prague on writer/director Anna Biller's third feature The Face of Horror, her followup to 2016's The Love Witch.
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'I start next week. Yeah, I shoot that this summer,' he told me. 'I play this really villainous, horrible knight, who really has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, which is kinda fun.'
Hauer-King added, 'I've been getting to know her over the last year or so, and she's got such an amazing, creative mind and brain—again, people say this a lot—but has genuine individual vision. If you've seen The Love Witch, you know. She has such a particular visual style and type of storytelling.'
Noting that cinematographer M. David Mullen will shoot the film on 35mm, the actor raved, 'It's the first time I've done that, so I'm very excited.'
Jonah Hauer-King at Monday's 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' premiere in DTLA, sharing an update on Anna Biller's 'The Face of Horror' pic.twitter.com/fOQG298T3K
— Deadline (@DEADLINE) July 15, 2025
Last month, Deadline reported that Hauer-King was cast in The Face of Horror alongside Kristine Froseth, Ellie Bamber, Leo Suter and Bella Heathcote. Ben Radcliffe has also since joined the cast.
Set in 14th Century England and loosely inspired by the Japanese ghost story Yotsuya Kaidan, the supernatural thriller sees Hauer-King as a knight called Edward Carnifex who marries his longtime love Eleanor (Froseth), only to get bored of her and instead court a wealthy noblewoman (Heathcote). It is only a matter of time before Eleanor will be forced to take a bloody revenge. Bamber plays Eleanor's sister Beatrice, and Suter plays Edward's squire and Beatrice's suitor Richard.
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