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Zoe and Blaire have grand plans for LA. In Night Teeth, Netflix’s new supernatural thriller, the two vampires have charted out a wicked tour of the undead underground — and they’ll leave nothing but blood, guts and mayhem in their wake. However, their night goes sideways when they hire the wrong rideshare driver, which leads them down a path neither one of them would have expected.
Speaking to CBR, Night Teeth stars Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry revealed how they found the humanity at the core of their vampiric characters. They explained why they could stand to be a little more like Zoe in their day-to-day lives and where their characters fall into LA’s vampire hierarchy. They also discussed what sets Night Teeth apart from other vampire films, praised the movie’s “visually cool” style and more.
CBR: These days, there are a whole lot of vampire movies out there. What do you think sets Night Teeth apart and makes it stand out in that crowd?
Debby Ryan: I think a lot of the things in the genre are about romanticizing vampires and either the immortality or the beauty and the wealth. I think that what Night Teeth maybe seeks to do, at least from my perspective, is to build upon that and say, “Okay, we get it. Yes, vampires are cool and have power and control. Now, what is the mess that comes with that? What are the human factors?” Pride, greed, lust — all of those things that come through and can really be the undoing of such a formidable empire. So I think maybe the difference is humanity, but also, soundtrack is sick, cast is sick. It’s funny. It’s visually cool.
Lucy Fry: Yeah, I think you nailed it. I think that aspect of the mess, of these things that come with being vampires, and that it’s very real and grounded in that mess, and the gangster aspect, also. LA is set up as different vampire gangs are running different areas, and we’re trying to take over LA, so it’s kind of more gangster than any vampire thing I’ve ever seen.
Ryan: Right? Yeah, totally.
Night Teeth doesn’t hold your hand; it just drops you into the middle of this vampire underworld and the way it has spread itself throughout LA. How would you describe Zoe and Blaire’s place in that hierarchy?
Fry: Yeah, so Zoe and Blaire are working for Eva. Megan Fox’s character and Sydney Sweeney’s character are kind of like the queens of LA, essentially. They’re running this mob, basically; this vampire gang system. We’ve been working with them for probably at least 20 years, which is nothing for vampires. At this point, we’re a little bit bored of being the hitmen or the strong guys that go out and get the money and get it all going, and we want to take over and have that power for ourselves. So that would be where we’re fitting into the scheme of the hierarchy.
Ryan: Exactly what she said. We’re middle management, and we are close enough to the money and the power and the glory to where a couple of us have gotten it in our heads that there’s no reason for us to be playing by these rules, and that if they were to be overthrown, we could just have it all, and a respect for a lesser species of immortal humans doesn’t bring us what we could possibly have. Then that little whisper in our ear and our proximity to everything gets us involved in a big heist, and you catch us on that night.
Which aspect of your character do you relate to most, and why?
Ryan: I think I am feverishly searching at all points for humanity and connectivity, and I think Blaire is too. Also, I am the friend who sometimes — with a more volatile friend — will be like, “We’re okay. This is what we’re doing.” I sort of have been in the situation of tempering maybe a more volatile person, so that as well.
Fry: Yeah, I feel like that makes sense about your search for humanity. I feel like that’s such a big part of you and your heart. I mean, that you have so much compassion.
I feel like, with Zoe, she is that volatile friend who’s unpredictable and wild and harsh and power driven. At the time, we would sort of joke about it, that she’s pretty different from me. [laughs] When I would go into that energy, I’d be like, “Huh, this is different!” And sometimes, it’d be like, “This feels kind of hot! Maybe I should have some more Zoe in my life!” [laughs]
But I feel like the part of her that was easier to access was just her playful side and having fun and enjoying the moment and the present, I guess, and the playful spontaneity that would would come with that. I really enjoyed that.
Night Teeth is now available on Netflix.
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