ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with The Silent Hour director Brad Anderson about his latest action film. Anderson discussed working with stars Joel Kinnaman and Sandra Mae Frank, plus how being prepared is essential for shorter shoots. The film is set to be released in theaters and digitally on October 11, 2024.
The Silent Hour director Brad Anderson talks about his action film and its focus on the deaf community
"Boston Detective Frank Shaw (Joel Kinnaman) returns to work after a career-changing injury leaves him permanently hearing-impaired. Tasked with interpreting for Ava Fremont (Sandra Mae Frank), a deaf witness to a brutal gangland murder, they find themselves cornered in a soon-to-be condemned apartment building when the killers return to eliminate her. Cut off from the outside world, these two strangers must lean on each other to outsmart killers they can't hear approaching, for their only hope of escaping with their lives," the synopsis reads.
Tyler Treese: Brad, you've worked with a lot of great lead actors over the years. What stood out about Joel Kinnaman? Because he's clearly giving a lot in this performance and he's also really made an effort to learn ASL.
Brad Anderson: I think it’s that level of dedication and [he brings] that to everything he does. I worked with him on the show The Killing. That really put him on the map. Cool cop show. I met him then and we really clicked and I really wanted to find something to work on together, a movie. I just think he brings a kind of intensity and realism to that intensity, but he also has a kind of emotional core that was really important to this movie, to this character. A guy who struggles with hearing loss and loss in general, and just the way that he confronts that and ultimately wrestles with it.
