Matthew Lillard got the seal of approval from the best person for Five Nights at Freddy's
Nov. 13, 2023It turns out that Matthew Lillard’s kids are the biggest Five Nights at Freddy’s fans
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Matthew Lillard is no stranger to appearing in a horror movie or two, fromScreamto Thirteen Ghosts, but his recent role as the villain in Blumhouse’s video game adaptationFive Nights at Freddy’shas put him back on the map and impressed movie goers everywhere, including his own children.
Lillard toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat when he first secured the role of undercover killer slash puppet master William Afton, he knew little about the game, but his kids were over the moon and let him know how big the movie was going to be. “I came home, and I was talking to my wife about it, and my middle child heard me say Five NightsofFreddy’s and were like, ‘Wait, who are you playing?’ I said, ‘William Afton and some rabbit.’ And they were like, ‘Dad. That is going to be huge!’”, theScooby Dooactor said. “Then, my son came in, and he affirmed the exact same thing.”
Afton is the main antagonist in the FNaF video game series, originally introduced as the co-founder of Freddie Fazbear’s Pizzeria and Entertainment company, who later turned into a child serial killer and hid the bodies of his victims inside the restaurant’s many animatronics. In the movie, we first meet Afton as a careers advisor named Steve Raglan, but by the end of the film, he is unmasked as the evil Afton.
It looks like Lillard’s kids will have more opportunities to be proud of their dad, as in an exclusive interview withSFX,director Emma Tammi said she would love to turn Five Nights at Freddy’s into a trilogy.
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