Since his rather quick rise to fame as the teen star of MTV’s Teen Wolf and the Maze Runner movie adaptations, Dylan O’Brien’s career has been anything but predictable. Rather than leaning directly into that popularity to land any and every job thrown his way, the actor has been far more careful and considered with his project choices, leading to his co-starring role in Sam Raimi’s first non-IP film in 17 years, the gnarly, critic-pleasing thriller Send Help.
The upcoming horror movie is said to be a throwback to Raimi’s Evil Dead era, with Dylan O’Brien and co-star Rachel McAdams portraying a boss and employee who are involved in a plane crash and have to find a way to survive on a tropical island. If the character Brendon is anything like O’Brien himself, he wouldn’t be able to request any social media help via Instagram followers, because he doesn’t have any, and that’s apparently been an awkward sticking point regarding past acting opps. As he put it to THR:
