Olivia Rodrigo Was ‘So Scared’ Watching ‘Beau Is Afraid’ She ‘Had to Walk Out of the Theater’: ‘It Felt Like a Bad Acid Trip’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Count Olivia Rodrigo as one of the many moviegoers disturbed by Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid,” which A24 released in theaters earlier this year.
Speaking to fellow musician Phoebe Bridgers for Interview Magazine ahead of the release of her sophomore album “Guts,” Rodrigo admitted she had to walk out of “Beau Is Afraid” because it was so terrifying. “I’m a big thriller girl, but I watch a few scary movies here and there,” Rodrigo said. “I convince myself that I see shit after I come home from watching ‘Insidious’ or something.
Also, I watched that new Ari Aster movie ‘Beau Is Afraid’ and I got so scared. I literally had to walk out of the theater. I have never had such a visceral reaction to a movie in my life.
It felt like a bad acid trip.” “That is the scariest movie I’ve ever seen, but I was laughing the entire time,” Bridgers replied. “That’s the only reasonable reaction,” Rodrigo said. “Your body just can’t process it.
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