“People looked absolutely f-ing terrified.” TRAP JAW actor SAM C. WILSON talks his first time being on set, his costume and training with Goat Man!

Actor Sam C. Wilson spoke to Zero Nine Magazine recently about his role of Trap Jaw in the new “Masters of the Universe” Movie.

Among the topics Sam discussed was how he approached the role of Trap Jaw, the reaction he received the first time he appeared on set, and what aspect of his costume was CG.

Check out these highlights:

On the advantages he had in winning the role of Trap Jaw:

“Being big and having a very low voice lend themselves really well to being a baddie.” 

On the importance of getting the voice right:

“The voice is the first moving part. It always kind of is for me. If I get the voice nailed, or someone’s accent or their voice, then I tend to begin moving like them. It really does start there for me. It’s like if I could play this character in a radio play first, then I’m in.”

On becoming the Trap Jaw character:

“What was great was I would experiment with my new face. It’s glued to every part of my skin, which is horrendously uncomfortable, but I had to explore this new face for it to do the things I wanted.” 

“I figured out if I did certain things, I could give him this terrible menacing laugh. I basically made him like a gym bro meets an orc. Travis let me come up with him and how he moved (chimp-like). They let me go for it.”

On his costume:

“Only his arm is CG. It’s real. It’s practical. It’s my body. It’s the prosthetics team’s face. It’s the real costume. The legs were built. I wore them.” 

On being on the set for the first time in his Trap Jaw costume:

“”When I went out the first time on set, people looked absolutely fucking terrified. And that helped, because people treat you differently. Until you ask for a flat white and then they laugh.”

On the fears he had when accepting the role:

“(I felt) a healthy dose of fear. You also just don’t want the fans to go, who the fuck is this guy?”

On training alongside 6 Foot, 9 Inch Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays Goat Man:

“The first time I met him, my nervous system had to catch up to the fact that I wasn’t talking to a bear (laughs). I’m six-five, I’m a big guy, and he dwarfed me.”

What he hopes people feel about his Trap Jaw protrayal:

“Through all the stuff that I have on, I hope that people see a very heartfelt performance. When I say heartfelt, I don’t mean like he’s full of heart. I mean, I hope what they see is someone really performing the shit out of it. I hope the choices I made surprise people just enough.”

His optimism towards the “Masters of the Universe” Movie:

“It knows what audience it’s going to. It knows that it’s going to a new audience who have grown tired of a particular taste. But it’s also honouring an audience that have long awaited this phenomenon. (It has) a great heart and sense of humour.”

Be sure to check out the entire article HERE.

The “Masters of the Universe” Movie explodes into theaters on June 5th.

We’ll see you next time.