Colton Haynes stars in Lifetime’s Swindler Seduction in a twin position as two questionable twin brothers.
You can inform by the title that he’ll be as much as no good, and the movie follows how his character cozies as much as a younger lady named Louisa (Gabrielle Graham) and proceeds to show her life the other way up.
We caught up with him to speak about this thrilling alternative.
What concerning the twin position appealed to you?
They despatched me the script after I was filming Teen Wolf, and I informed my agent, I used to be like, “I have to do this because I haven’t really had an opportunity to play [anything like this].”
It’s twin brothers, however on the identical time, they each, particularly Mitch, take on completely different identities. So I feel it was not less than 5 completely different characters, considered one of which, I communicate French, which I do not sound French in any respect; I sound like Borat. So that is going to be enjoyable to observe.
But it was a lot enjoyable, and I do not know if I’ve ever been handled pretty much as good as I used to be on set. Everyone was simply so wonderful to work with. It was a fast shoot as a result of usually, they shoot round three weeks to a month. But on the identical time, it was simply such an awesome expertise, and, gosh, I hope I get to do extra.
You did not sound fairly like Borat, however I feel not having an excellent accent truly works higher for the position.
Wow, you have seen it. I have never seen it.
I did. Yeah, I noticed it final evening. It simply makes it extra horrific how individuals can fall for individuals in these conditions.
Oh, I do know, and I do not know the precise specifics of it. I do know that is loosely primarily based on an actual story, and attending to play that and understanding it was an actual story made it extra particular. And working with Gabrielle was nice. She’s an absolute star, and dealing together with her actually helped elevate my efficiency as nicely.
And did you do any analysis into individuals with this sort of conduct to get into the roles? All 5 of them?
In some ways, I feel my upbringing and issues like that, I feel I had some stuff to drag from, particularly from working on this business.
But on the identical time, I knew that it was primarily based on a really particular scenario, however I did not truly know that till midway going into the film, so I’m type of glad as a result of I would not have wished to drag from that particular story as that might have gotten in the best way of it.
It was simply so nice to be part of this, and I hope that it comes throughout that they are completely different characters. I feel they did an excellent job of disguising it with sure hair and make-up.
Well, the nice factor is that we by no means actually know which one is which for an excellent portion of the film.
Yeah.
You’ve received two brothers which are equivalent, and so they’re each swindling, and so they’re each virtually taking part in the identical characters as one another, however they are not one another or themselves. What type of challenges does that pose for you as an actor?
When it involves being an actor, I feel I undoubtedly have completely different personalities, I really feel like. Not clinically, however on the identical time, the director and I have been looking for one thing that might set them aside. And it was little issues like jaw clenches or little eye twitches that we have been taking part in with.
And yeah, I believed that I used to be going to enter it having both a full blonde wig or a really particular distinction between the 2 characters, however I feel it was higher that we did not try this. Hopefully, it will trick the viewers into being extra on Gabrielle’s character’s facet.
Absolutely.
Hopefully, that performs. I actually received to go there, and I actually received to dive in, and it was simply such an awesome expertise for me as a result of I feel that is the primary official lead of a challenge that I’ve executed, and it was very attention-grabbing to must play a number of characters in doing so.
No, you probably did an awesome job.
Oh, thanks. I can not wait to see it.
You’re welcome. So how did you handle to remain targeted on set with out letting the content material get you down?
My life has circuitously mirrored this, however undoubtedly, this content material is a type of a PG model primarily based on my life.
Oh no.
So it undoubtedly wasn’t too onerous to faucet into, in some ways, as a result of I had lots of people from previous experiences to attract from.
And additionally, it helps while you’re doing issues like this, understanding that it’s a very secure setting everytime you’re on these tasks. There have been numerous sexual conditions, so we had a coordinator, and it was simply actually a secure set.
And it was additionally, behind the scenes, there have been simply actually nice those that we have been working with. Yeah, in order that undoubtedly helped calm all of it down a bit.
So going ahead, should you get one other considered one of these roles, would you prefer to play an excellent man or a foul man? You’ve performed each.
Yeah, I undoubtedly did. I are likely to all the time play the unhealthy man. I all the time channel the highschool bully, after which for some motive, that is been my stick. And then I all the time simply play these varieties of roles, both the unhealthy man or the bully or the jerk.
So that was one of many explanation why I actually wished to do that as nicely as a result of I knew that I’d get not simply to be the villain, however [laughs] Well, in the long run, you discover out that I’m not one villain, I’m a number of villains.
But it was good to not less than play completely different feelings on this. So hopefully, I get to play an excellent man quickly. You by no means know. Maybe Christmas can be on the best way.
Oh, that’d be good. Wouldn’t that be good?
Yeah, in a musical or one thing, that’d be nice.
And lastly, what recommendation would you give somebody to remain secure in social conditions lately? You’re on the market with the general public rather a lot.
Yeah, there are refined issues that folks can do to attempt to encroach on your private info and your area, and simply do not give your private info on the market.
There’s been numerous conditions the place individuals will discuss to me, saying that they’ve a mutual pal, making an attempt to get a solution to get my cellphone quantity, or one thing like that.
But I feel it is simply to be very, very direct in conditions like this and inform individuals that you just’re not going to offer them that info, or simply be actually cautious about who you give it to.
Yeah. So, it may be a tough world, and it may be a fantastic world.
That is true. And hopefully extra of the latter.
Swindler Seduction airs at 8/7c tonight on Lifetime.
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