‘Good Boy’: How Anson Boon Prepared to Be Chained Up for Nearly Every Scene in Unique Thriller

Many actors over the years have played characters who are held captive against their will, often in harrowing horror movies. For Anson Boon, playing such a role in the psychological thriller “Good Boy” required a different approach.

Boon was joined by director Jan Komasa, writer Naqqash Khalid and co-star Kit Rakusen at TheWrap’s studio at TIFF 2025 to talk about their new film, in which Boon plays Tommy, a cruel teen who crashes cars and hurts other kids for social media clout until he is captured while blackout drunk by a couple who chain him in their basement and plan to reform him by any means necessary.

Even when Tommy shows enough progress — seemingly,…