Matthew Lillard has opened up about taking on the role of William Afton in the Five Nights at Freddy's film franchise, which may very well see him play the supervillain in many more movies to come.
"I had no idea sort of what I was getting into when we started. I didn't play Five Nights, but my kids did. And so when the offer came through, it was my middle kid, Ace, who was like, you have to take this job. William Afton is this huge role," Lillard tells GamesRadar+. "And same with the director [Emma Tammi]. The director's like, look, there's not a lot to do in the first movie, but he's the center of the universe in terms of evil. And having been left out of many a sequel, I was very excited about the idea of being able to lean into a community. You know, at some point very early on, the creator of the game [Scott Cawthon]. He said in a year or so, people aren't gonna be able to imagine William Afton without thinking about you."
