Overview

• Director Macon Blair says he cast Peter Dinklage to secure instant audience sympathy with Winston Gooze before his mutation
• Peter Dinklage revealed that over 70 percent of Toxie’s physical performance is delivered by body double Luisa Guerreiro in prosthetics while he dubs the dialogue in post-production
• Elijah Wood and Jacob Tremblay joined the Comic-Con panel to discuss villain Fritz Garbinger and Winston’s son Wade, underscoring the film’s blend of dark humor and emotional stakes
• Filmmakers screened unrated footage in Hall H with bleeped profanity and gore and confirmed the addition of one new VFX shot for the theatrical cut
• Cineverse acquired the film’s unrated distribution rights in January after its extreme violence stalled festival screenings