{"id":2076966,"date":"2025-10-08T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2076966"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:19:09","slug":"aaron-taylor-johnson-to-star-alongside-oscar-nominated-actor-in-new-horror-flick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/aaron-taylor-johnson-to-star-alongside-oscar-nominated-actor-in-new-horror-flick\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Taylor-Johnson to star alongside Oscar nominated actor in new horror flick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hollywood actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is to star in a new movie alongside Oscar-nominated performer Willem Dafoe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 35-year-old, who was born and raised in High Wycombe, will share the screen with the four-time Academy Award nominee in, \u2018Werwulf\u2019, an upcoming horror flick which is due to be released in December 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ex-Jackie Palmer pupil joined the cast in July of this year as the title character, with filming beginning in September in Elstree, Hertfordshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other locations for the film will include areas of Bourne Wood in Surrey and Dartmoor in Devon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For the latter, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c8642y4pve5o?ref=ed_direct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:it has been reported by the BBC that the crew and actors will be in the South West of England for 11 weeks, which is set to provide a huge economic boost to the area.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">it has been reported by the BBC that the crew and actors will be in the South West of England for 11 weeks, which is set to provide a huge economic boost to the area.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to numerous film websites, \u2018Werwulf\u2019 is set in medieval Britain, where a mysterious creature can be seen in the foggy countryside, causing locals to experience a supernatural threat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking on the Capital FM Breakfast Show in December 2024, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bucksfreepress.co.uk\/news\/24787706.aaron-taylor-johnson-growing-high-wycombe\/?ref=ed_direct\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor-Johnson spoke fondly of his upbringing in High Wycombe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Taylor-Johnson spoke fondly of his upbringing in High Wycombe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said: \u201cGoing back to [the topic of] High Wycombe, that was my normality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was where I was grounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI went to a regular school, but I had this crazy world to what I was going out to [in terms of acting], and then went back home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When asked if he had ever performed at the town\u2019s Swan theatre, he said: \u201cI did perform there, but it was through our dance and drama group called Jackie Palmer in High Wycombe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat\u2019s where I started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey used to do an annual show and there was a lot of dancing and James Cordon was one of the others [in the group].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is to star in a new movie alongside Oscar-nominated performer Willem Dafoe. The 35-year-old, who was born and raised in High Wycombe, will share the screen with the four-time Academy Award nominee in, \u2018Werwulf\u2019, an upcoming horror flick which is due to be released in December 2026. 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