Zach Gilford became a household name playing high school football player Matt Saracen on the TV series “Friday Night Lights.” He’s become something of a horror specialist these past few years with “The Purge: Anarchy” and shows including “Midnight Mass” and “The Midnight Club,” both on Netflix. Shall we include a serial killer on that list, as well? He’s playing the main antagonist on this season’s “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” And he’s also starring in the horror movie “There’s Something Wrong with the Children.”
In that last film, two couples go away together to a cabin in the woods. One couple has young children, who encounter a mysterious place. “The kids go there and when they come back, they have a mysterious vibe. And I’m picking up on it but nobody else is. And slowly it starts to unravel and my character is like, is this real or am I crazy?”
A native of Evanston, Illinois, and a Northwestern alum, Gilford’s career has been full of high points. When asked about a moment that felt like the opposite, that stands out as cringey or awkward, he told a story about shooting a specific scene for “Friday Night Lights.”
