Matthew Lillard is no stranger to appearing in a horror movie or two, from Scream to Thirteen Ghosts, but his recent role as the villain in Blumhouse’s video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s has put him back on the map and impressed movie goers everywhere, including his own children.
Lillard told The Hollywood Reporter that 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 Nights of Freddy’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!’”, the Scooby Doo actor said. “Then, my son came in, and he affirmed the exact same thing.”
