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Dec 15, 2023 · Matthew Lillard discusses his role as William Afton in Five Nights At Freddy's and the responsibility of representing the fans' expectations. Lillard talks about working closely with Scott Cawthon to understand the essential elements of the game's lore that were incorporated into the movie.
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As Steve Raglan, William is a tall, fairly good looking middle aged man with light skin and taupe hair, blue eyes, and a Van Dyke beard. He wears golden vintage aviator eyeglasses, a yellow long-sleeved dress shirt with blue stripes, and either a purple tie with thin blue stripes or a blue tie with white dots.
The Yellow Rabbit
While suited, William can be seen in a yellow bunny mascot suitwith a lot of withering on the left side of the suit. The right side of the suit is damaged and decomposed, the jaw fixed slightly open allowing you to see Afton's goatee inside. Half of the right ear is snapped off, and wires and other rusted metal rip out of it. The suit also makes the already very tall Afton bigger and bulkier, due to the inner mechanical springlocks needing space to work. The pupils on the eyes of the suit are...
William Afton is a very clever and calculated individual. Every outcome of every move he makes is thoroughly thought out and determined. He is careful with his murderous rampages and recalls details about them well, although he showed some slight anxiety as he quickly recognizes Mike Schmidt as the brother of one of his earliest victims, Garrett Sc...
William Afton is a serial killer who primarily abducts and kills children. Early in his murderous career, one of his victims included Garrett Schmidt, the younger brother of Mike Schmidt, who would be haunted by the memory for several years. With all that Mike could remember was that Garrett’s kidnapper was driving a black sedan with no license pla...
He will most likely return as Springtrap in future installments given his demise from springlock malfunction like in the games, along with Matthew Lillard stating in an interview on the WeeklyMTGpo...
Lillard also portrayed another serial killer prior to the Five Nights at Freddy's film, that being Stu Macher, one of the killers from the original Scream.Lillard is also known for portraying Shaggy Rogers in the live action Scooby-Doo films, as well as several animated Scooby-Doo media.William's use of a false identity, in this case Steve Raglan, is similar to his novel's counterpart, who went by the name Dave Miller.The car Afton drives when kidnapping Garrett is a 1979 Ford Fairmont.Mar 10, 2023 · Matthew Lillard has been cast in the Five Nights at Freddy's movie in a notoriously complex role that promises to be central to the horror adaptation. With so many retcons and lore changes throughout the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, one character has been slowly revealed across the series.
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Nov 3, 2023 · Five Nights at Freddy's director Emma Tammi talked to CinemaBlend about fans immediately nailing Matthew Lillard's character twist when he was cast.
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- Josh Hutcherson is Mike Schmidt. Mike Schmidt is the main character of Five Nights at Freddy's. He has a troubled life, with custody of his little sister and trauma-induced insomnia, leaving him with a lot of stress.
- Matthew Lillard is Steve Raglan / William Afton. Steve Raglan is the career counselor Mike Schmidt meets near the movie's beginning. He's the one who sets MIke up with the job at Freddy's, and for a good chunk of the film, he's just the career counselor.
- Piper Rubio is Abby Schmidt. At Mike Schmidt's side during Five Nights at Freddy's is his little sister, Abby. Abby is around ten years old, living with her big brother, and is at the center of family issues like custody battles.
- Elizabeth Lail is Vanessa. Vanessa shows up during one of Mike's first shifts at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. She's a police officer and gives Mike advice under the guise of looking out for the place.
By taking on FNAF’s central antagonist William Afton, Lillard is seeing a resurgence both in the horror space and in pop culture in general.
Oct 27, 2023 · Five Nights at Freddy's: Directed by Emma Tammi. With Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Matthew Lillard. A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
