Insomnia and psychological consequences: Starring in one of the best horror films really blew this actor’s mind

Insomnia and psychological consequences: Starring in one of the best horror films really blew this actor’s mind


Heredity has had side effects on Alex Wolff, who plays one of the characters in the film that debuted Ari Aster.

Alex Wolff starred in one of the most disturbing moments of horror cinema in recent years.




The actor played Peter Graham in Hereditarydebut feature film by Ari Aster at Cinema. The film follows a family dealing with the death of their daughter as a series of strange events related to a satanic cult occur.

Protagonist in the film Tonini Colette, the action begins in the car, with Peter and his younger sister, who is having an allergic reaction. When she sticks her face out the window to breathe better, she hits a pole and is decapitated.

This is one of the most memorable scenes we think of Hereditary and, of course, an experience like this left its mark on Wolff. “I will tell you that the movie hurt me as much as a movie can,” the actor told the site Looper, in 2021.

Alex Wolff revealed that he is “suffering from every possible psychological effect”, including insomnia. “It affected me a lot. It’s very difficult because as an actor you don’t want to seem pretentious,” he added.

We have a comfortable job in many ways, but this, emotionally, has been one of the difficult ones. It was one that really made some changes to my emotional well-being.

After the experience of HereditaryWolff has not left horror aside and has participated in other projects related to the genre, such as Time, In M. Night Shyamalan. I’ll see you soon A quiet place: first daythe prequel spin-off of the saga led by John Krasinski. The film opens…

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