Mason Thames Recalls Filming A Black Phone 2 Scene So Intense It Made A Producer Ask His Mom If He Was ‘OK’

Mason Thames in a phone booth talking into receiver with The Grabber outside the glass in Black Phone 2.

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Black Phone 2. If you have not yet seen the movie, proceed at your own risk!

In Black Phone 2, Mason Thames’ Finney Blake is reintroduced to audiences carrying a lot of baggage. As a kid, he was able to survive the terror of Ethan Hawke’s The Grabber (a.k.a. the events of The Black Phone), but rather than coming away from the incident feeling like a hero, he is traumatized and is filled with anger, fear and sadness that he doesn’t know how to handle. Because of this, there is a whole lot of catharsis at the end of the sequel when the protagonist gets to confront his tormenter again… but it wasn’t just Finney who was getting a big emotional release from the moment, as the scene in the new horror movie apparently allowed the actor to release some real rage as well.