Chris Jericho reflects on his role in Terrifier 2 and reveals that, during filming, he thought he might puke.
The former AEW World Champion appeared in the film, the sequel to director Damien Leon’s 2016 slasher about Art the Clown. The low-budget movie has become a smash hit, as it has generated over $7 million in ticket sales. It has also turned into a viral sensation as some viewers have vomited, passed out or required medical attention while they were watching the movie. Jericho played a security guard in the mid-credits scene.
In an interview with Screen Rant, Jericho described how, in the process of shooting the scene, he thought he might throw up because he had to eat “gelatinous” food that was supposed to be a jellied eyeball.
“In the film, I have to eat like, a zombie platter. It’s Halloween, so my wife has made all these zombie treats,” Jericho said. “One of them was a jellied eyeball. I think it was kind of custard with some kind of almost the plastic candy, and I had to eat like five of them. They were cold, and they were gelatinous. It was really kind of getting to me. It was really gross. I remember [Damien] was like, ‘Can you just eat one more?’ I was like, ‘Dude, I’ll eat one more, and then that’s it! Because I’m gonna f***ing puke if I have to do another one of these.'”
“But these are the trials and tribulations of filming a horror movie. You’ve got to eat too many gelatinous eyeballs. But like I said, just how much work everybody was doing really was inspiring because everything that you see, they left 100% on the screen. So now Terrifier 2 is on 800 screens in theaters. That’s a real victory for all of us.”
The post-credits scene can be found here.
Jericho also discussed his involvement with the film in an interview with ComingSoon.
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