Chris Hemsworth plays love doctor to Miles Teller in new clip from Netflix’s Spiderhead
The thriller follows a tech visionary who invites inmates to participate in mind-altering experiments in order to cut time off their sentences
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Can love be intravenously administered? During its Geeked Week 2022 stream, Netflix released a clip from the upcoming film Spiderhead. In the clip, Chris Hemsworth’s character—measured tech mogul Steve Abnesti—puts inmates Jeff (Miles Teller) and Heather (Tess Haubrich) to that very test.
The “darkly psychological thriller,” coming to the streamer later this month follows the mysterious happenings at Spiderhead, a remote, technologically advanced facility where prisoners are able to take time off their sentences by participating in experiments with mind-altering substances.
In the trailer released last month, viewers learn that these experiments range from silly to downright sinister—and Abnesti’s passion for the project proves dangerous.
The new clip released today shows Jeff and Heather as they undergo an experiment with love potion-like substances that put them in the mood for more than just romance. Jeff and Heather are seated opposite each other in the experimentation room, while Abnesti asks them questions through an intercom system from his ivory-tower viewing deck. First, he has them “rate” each other’s appearances: Jeff grants Heather a 7.5, while Heather deems him a “5 on a good day” with a look of disdain.
“I’m just kind of a bitch,” she jokes.
Soon after the pair is administered the “Luvactin” drug, however, they begin to look at each other completely differently: Jeff is lost in Heather’s eyes, while Heather twirls her hair, bites her lip, and shyly shifts around in her seat like a middle school girl who just got her crush as her lab partner.
Though at first they stay quiet, once Abnesti pumps up the dosage of “Verbaluce” to keep his subjects talking, Jeff and Heather can only stop professing their love to each other for enough time to passionately French kiss.
Spiderhead will be available to stream on Netflix June 17.
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Why is a Miles Teller comeback happening lately? Three recent projects I’ve noticed including this, Top Gun, and the bas Godfather show all star Miles Teller. Can someone explain the appeal of Miles Teller to me? I honestly do not get it. Does he just always show up?
Name rang no bells for me, had to look it up and then HOLY CHRIST HE WORKS.Um.Yeah. You may not be far off – I can’t recall anything from his performances (and I’ve seen at least a few) beyond “competence”. Competent and reliable are not exactly common in the same person in the entertainment world.
CASTING DIRECTOR: This role calls for a faceless, semi-working class everyman.DIRECTOR: Who do you have in mind?MILES TELLER: You should cast Miles Teller.DIRECTOR: JESUS!!CASTING DIRECTOR: Where the hell did you come from??!MILES TELLER: I just showed up. I always show up.*Saunters out of the casting office without looking back*
Got a good, healthy chuckle out of me.
This and Top Gun have a simple answer: Joseph Kosinski worked with Teller on Only the Brave and liked his performance (he’s kinda good in it) and cast him to be in both of these films.
…prisoners are able to take time off their sentences by participating in experiments with mind-altering substances.It’s fiction, so I can probably give it a pass, but this is absolutely, 100%, no question, a violation of The Common Rule.https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/regulations/45-cfr-46/common-rule-subpart-c/index.html
The George Saunders short story this is based on can be read here for free: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/12/20/escape-from-spiderheadI had no idea this was being adapted!