Jayden McGinlay Congratulations on your star-turn in the upcoming feature film reimagining of author Stephen King’s Children of the Corn which is set to haunt cinemas on March 3 and digital/On Demand on March 21!
For anyone not in the know, can you tell us what this iteration of Children of the Corn is all about? Thank you! Yes, this film is based on Stephen King’s short story, however it’s a truly new take on the story. The film puts the focus squarely on the kids, and not the adults. The children in this film are tired of having to pay the consequences for their parents’ mistakes, so they take things into their own hands. I play the character of Cecil, Boleyn’s younger brother and one of the children living in Rylestone, a fictional town in Nebraska, which is inferred is near Gatlin, where the original film was based. 16
Prior to being offered the role of Cecil Williams in Children of the Corn, had you been familiar with the short story from King or any of the other film versions based off of it? Well, when I first got the audition, it was an untitled project, and it wasn’t until I went for the in-room callback that I found out that the project was Children of the Corn. So immediately after that, I watched the original movie and did all my research! I hadn’t read or seen it before surprisingly, as I’ve been a huge fan of Stephen King’s work for years and I’d read The Shining,