JUST LOOK AT HOW SHUCKUNG NERVOUS HE WAS BEFORE THE SCREEING!! This means sooo much to him
Dylan O’Brien in The Maze Runner*
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The Maze Runner has a very young cast. Did you all bond well together?
Yeah, 100%. We were all partying together until 4 in the morning some nights, and I’ve met some friends for life.
It looks like an action-packed movie. Can you talk about the physical side of things?
I do like doing physical stuff like that, and I do love running. In fact, this was the perfect kind of running for me. I do not like long-distance running, I’m a huge hater of that. It’s always bugged me. If anything, I would like to sprint and then stop after 100 metres. I love sprinting. There’s something about the act of a human moving as fast as he can that’s really cool to me and I love doing it. So I liked the action side of the movie, and got involved with it all as much as I could. If anything, they had to tell me to stop as I was doing too much.
It sounds like a silly question, but did you have to run at all as part of the interview process?
No, it’s not silly at all! But no, I was not asked to run as part of the audition process! I was cast for the role and flew out there to start work before they knew what I could do physically. Most of the movie, I’d say about 85% of it is me running. It was just so funny to me – I could have shown up there as the girliest runner. Can you imagine that? It would have been a disaster for them.
Do you have a particular scene in the movie that was your favourite to act?
I loved doing the wrestling scene with Will. There is just something about the spirit of the scene that, as a kid, I would have loved. Watching that would have made me stay on the movie for sure if I was flicking channels. It was really fun to do, and it was the first scene when we went through the choreography of it. So, when we finally got around to filming it after about three weeks, it was really cool to do. It was my character’s first night in the Glade, and to prove himself, he had to wrestle against the biggest guy there. It was an epic fight; I think it will stand out as one of the film’s highlights.
“I PROMISED HER!”
So I didn’t have a badge for SDCC but I got panel tickets to see The Maze Runner. I went early and walked around the convention center, just to take pictures of all the random set ups. I had zero intention of looking the Teen Wolf cast. I made my peace with it. I knew I’d see Dylan at the panel so I didn’t really care. To my surprise, I was walking the boardwalk next to the yachts and I saw someone that looked a lot like Hoechlin. It was him. Then I realized the rest of the cast was there too. They were about to board the TV Guide yacht. There were like 5 people taking pictures and getting stuff signed by them. Most went directly to the yacht. Dylan, Crystal, and Max were the only ones left when I reached them (top photo). I just slowly walked up to them and I got a picture with Max. The people handling them were urging them to go through the gate to the yacht and I quickly asked Dylan for a picture. He really was all in for sure, but his handler plainly said, “no" repeatedly. I was kind of bummed but to my surprise Dylan said “I’ll take a picture with you when we leave. I promise.“ He literally said, “I promise.” So I waited… Along with the people who were originally there. A few other teen girls found them too. After a LONG and HOT wait, the cast came back out. Pretty much the entire cast quickly smiled at the fans that came upon them and went straight into their bus. Fans kind of bombarded them. I didn’t want to be pushy so I was in the back behind everyone and gave a quick, “Can I get a picture Dylan?“ The guy handling him was literally pushing him away towards the bus. I’m guessing they were told that they weren’t allowed to take pictures since they all kept a straight line to the bus. When I asked, he turned around and made eye contact with me he said, “Oh, I promised her! I promised her!” He repeated it several times over. “I promised her.“ And he pointed at me. So even though he was being told to get in the bus, he stopped (more like slowed down) to take a picture with me.
When I tried to get close enough to take a picture with him, people started shoving me and my hand shook as I took the picture. At the same time, a few phones/cameras were shoved into my face surrounding my camera trying to take a picture with Dylan. It was so awkward and I felt ridiculous with all these people pushing and shoving. It was so inappropriate. He quickly left right after that. I immediately looked at the photo I took and it was blurred because of the fans shoving me. Luckily for me, I accidentally pressed the shutter twice and it took a second picture that was a focused (bottom photo). I sighed and made my way to Nerd HQ for The Maze Runner panel.
I really wish I didn’t get to meet Dylan in such a haphazard way, but he made it worth it. The fact that it mattered to him that he promised to take a picture with me, showed how much of a good guy he is. He doesn’t break promises. At least to me.
