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Newcomer Angus Neill claimed that the one playing the“emaciated infected”shown in the 28 Years Later trailer is him, not Cillian Murphy. A spine-chilling shot in the newly released28 Years Latertrailer has been making the rounds on the internet. In it, a naked skeletal figure, who is presumably infected by the rage virus, can be seen raising its body from the ground. Now, there have been rumors for a long time of Cillian Murphy reprising his role from the first movie in the series28 Days Later, in the 2025 summer release.
As a result, people, with equal parts excitement and confusion, thought the skeletal figure to be the Oscar winner. A recent confession by someone, however, has sent the internet on a spin with even more confusion. That is, none other than Angus Neill. An art dealer, a model, and a relative newcomer in the industry, with28 Years Laterpresumably being his first stint on the big screen.
28 Years Later trailer reportedly launches new comer Angus Neill in a terrifying scene
The trailer for the much-anticipated thriller28 Years Laterdropped earlier this week. The third installment in the series is supposed to delve into society with the surge of infections now ongoing for 28 years. While showing the picture of a society that has been pushed back to almost its primitive state, due to the constant threats to survival, a specific shot caught the attention of netizens.
As mentioned above, the scene showed an“emaciated infected”raising its body from ground up slowly. The scene does a terrific job of putting people on edge, especially with Rudyard Kipling’sBootsbeing masterfully narrated in the background.
This is where rumors sparked among fans that said skeletal figure is Cillian Murphy. Fortunately, putting a stop to said rumors,The Guardianmade a report with the claim that the actor who played the role was actually Angus Neill.
What will humanity become?Danny Boyle and Alex Garland reunite for#28YearsLater– only in theatres 6.20.25.pic.twitter.com/PbP3sexTgc
Angus Neill is a newcomer in the industry, who was apparently handpicked by the directorDanny Boylehimself. In an interview with the outlet, Neill claimed that Boyle initially scouted him after being impacted by his looks.
Danny told me he’d always had me in mind for the role. So we met up, hit it off, and I agreed to take part.
He seems to have had quite a time working on the film, the end result of which, people will have to wait a few months to see. The model also praised Danny Boyle by saying,
On set he has an extraordinary ability to hypnotise you, and working with him on the film was a very, very intense experience.
Angus Neill is an art dealer whose expertise happens to be old masters. He is also signed withUgly Models Agencyin London. The agency, which supposedly specializes in character modeling, has a great client base which includes top brands like Calvin Klein, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Levi’s, and more.
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Their models have been known to previously work in a lot of big budget franchise movies likeJames Bond,Pirates of the Caribbean, andHarry Potter. Now because of Angus Neill’s appearance in the28 Years Latermovie, another jewel has been added to their crown.
Cillian Murphy can still feature in28 Years Later
The first two movies,28 Days Later, and28 Weeks Laterhighlighted the same theme in their own rights.Cillian Murphystarred as the protagonist, Jim, in the first movie and has since stated his wish to return for the third.
This is possibly why the appearance of the skeletal figure sparked the rumors of it being Murphy, especially with the high cheekbones, which he sported inOppenheimer. He also famously said in an interview withThe Independentthat he’ll be there when the new movie comes around.
I would be there in a flash. I made two movies with both of those guys, and I would love to work with them again. Of course, I’m there.
This was enough to send people looking at every nuke and cranny in the 2 minutes and 13 seconds long trailer to catch a glimpse of thePeaky Blindersstar. Which they initially concluded that they got by mistaking the“emaciated infected”,played by Angus Neill to be Cillian Murphy. A lot of people were a little disheartened, although appreciative of Neill’s work, that Murphy wasn’t shown in the trailer.
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Which made people question whether he would make a comeback at all. Although it is indeed hard to say, without further confirmation from official channels, there are still chances of him reprising his role, at least in a cameo. The trailer also featuresAaron Taylor-Johnson, andJodie Comer. Jack O’Connell,Ralph Fiennes, as well asYoung Royalsfamed Edvin Ryding.
Anushree Banerjee
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Anushree Banerjee is an Anime Writer at FandomWire with over 550 published articles. She has a post-grad in English and years of experience working with some of the biggest companies on the pop culture, and anime scene, such as, Sportskeeda, Pinkvilla, and MovieWeb. Staying on top of everything anime consumes her days, while bingeing on everything horror, and thriller keeps her up at night. Be it superhero flicks from Marvel and DC, or Shonen, and Seinen, like Bleach, The Apothecary Diaries, and Attack on Titan, she can probably state facts about them faster than she can recite her home address.
