Inside Look at Apple TV's Series The Changeling

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Here's your inside look at the Apple TV+ fantasy horror series The Changeling, based on the Victor LaValle novel.

The Changeling Cast:

LaKeith Stanfield, Adina Porter, Clark Backo and Samuel T. Herring

Stream The Changeling September 8, 2023 on Apple TV+!
Transcript
00:00 Are we rolling?
00:01 [LAUGHTER]
00:02 Hi, everyone.
00:04 I'm Clark Bacco.
00:04 LaKeith Stanfield.
00:05 We're excited to introduce you to the new Apple
00:08 original series, "The Changeling."
00:11 How would you describe this show to a friend?
00:13 It's like a fantasy horror folklore.
00:16 I'm following it.
00:16 In general, it's a journey of two lovers doing everything
00:22 they need to to get their baby and the gravity of that.
00:26 I hesitate to describe things.
00:28 Just watch it, just turn it on and watch it.
00:30 Watch it.
00:31 Let it speak to you.
00:32 And you come up with your own conclusions.
00:34 Y'all smart out there.
00:36 You don't need us.
00:38 When I got to Brazil, there was a lake there, a lagoon.
00:42 They told me not to go, but I didn't listen.
00:44 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:46 [SPEAKING PORTUGUESE]
00:48 When it falls off my wrist, three wishes will come true.
00:56 With me, all three wishes will come true.
00:58 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:01 Emma!
01:08 Emma!
01:10 Have you had any thoughts about hurting yourself?
01:13 I just need to find my way back to myself.
01:17 People call us witches.
01:19 You know, the only real magic, Apollo,
01:22 it's in the things you'll do for the ones you love.
01:26 Growing up, I've told you this before, I loved sci-fi fantasy,
01:29 but I never really read them and then
01:31 would see a movie get made or a TV show made
01:33 with the imagination that I had, which
01:35 is someone who looked like me.
01:37 So one of the big reasons I loved "The Changeling"
01:40 was just reading a story that is fantasy and horror
01:44 and beautiful and knowing that there's people who look
01:48 like us that are the heroes.
01:50 I want to see, you know, Black characters going
01:52 through these journeys.
01:53 Yeah, but they just happen to be Black.
01:54 But yeah, that's the crazy thing about being Black.
01:56 All of us just happen to be Black,
01:58 because it just really is a human story.
02:00 I just had recently had a kid when
02:02 I found out about the story.
02:03 So I was just like, damn, I understand that familial love.
02:07 It's a love unlike any other, but you got
02:08 to, like, experience it to know it.
02:10 And so, you know, reading this character,
02:12 it felt like he had lost that and had
02:14 to go find that and go through whatever it takes to get there.
02:18 I'm so excited for fans, because they're
02:20 going to be, I think, pleasantly surprised
02:22 by this just beautiful world that we've
02:24 been able to create.
02:27 I really don't think it's one of those shows
02:29 where people will guess what's around the corner ever.
02:32 No.
02:33 When you see the show, it looks amazing.
02:35 It looks like a different world that you're being zapped into.
02:39 What did you see after you did what was asked of you?
02:41 You know what I saw.
02:43 If you don't pay attention, there
02:44 might be something that you missed that will be
02:46 a key thing to something else.
02:47 You know, I like being excited by things
02:49 where I'm like, oh, I got to pay attention just to see how one
02:51 key leads to another door.
02:53 And we'll see that in the end.
02:57 What we do on here is real.
02:59 A storm is coming.
03:02 I'm scared for us.
03:03 No matter what happens, you're coming with me.
03:13 [THUNDER]
03:16 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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