{"id":39599,"date":"2025-08-02T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39599\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T08:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T08:52:11","slug":"monster-island-creature-actor-alan-maxson-shares-exclusive-behind-the-scenes-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39599\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Monster Island’ Creature Actor Alan Maxson Shares Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alan Maxson is no stranger to playing monsters, from King Ghidorah in Godzilla: King of the Monsters to the Dune sandworm at this year\u2019s Academy Awards. He\u2019s even a part of the Bloody Disgusting extended family with appearances in V\/H\/S\/Beyond and Creeping Death.<\/p>\n

Maxson\u2019s latest role is Orang Ikan in the World War II-set creature feature Monster Island. He shared insight into his experience on the film, along with some exclusive photos from the set.<\/p>\n

\u201cMonster Island was a dream project for me. I spent 32 days in Indonesia, and it was a blast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe creature suit is the most amazing suit I\u2019ve had the pleasure to perform in. It was designed by Allan Holt and his team. They are extremely talented. The Orang Ikan just looks badass, it\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only did the suit look great, but it was so comfortable to wear. I had no problem running through the jungle, climbing waterfalls, performing choreographed fight scenes, battling a crocodile in water, or even doing wire jumps in the suit \u2014 all in extreme temperatures. And I\u2019d do it all again if I could.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also had an amazing team on this set. Mike Wiluan, the director, knew exactly what he wanted this film to be and absolutely delivered. His leadership trickled down to everyone on set: the crew, stunts, my fellow actors, everyone was a top-notch pro. Genuinely one of the best teams I\u2019ve worked with.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this film is not just important for me; I think we need more stories like this in our industry. They are not just monster movies, they are films that remind us of who we are as humans, whether that be a good or a bad thing. Now more than ever we need to look at ourselves in the mirror as a society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Monster Island is now streaming on Shudder.<\/p>\n

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Alan Maxson unmasked on the set of \u2018Monster Island\u2019<\/p>\n

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Creature suit set tech Bruce Mitchell, actor Alan Maxson, and creature designer Allan Holt on the set of \u2018Monster Island\u2019<\/p>\n

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Actor Alan Maxson and production assistant Farha Tsamira on the set of \u2018Monster Island\u2019<\/p>\n

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Alan Maxson stands beside his sandworm costume at 97th Academy Awards, courtesy of AMPAS.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alan Maxson is no stranger to playing monsters, from King Ghidorah in Godzilla: King of the Monsters to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35202,64,63,134,17878,344,17745],"class_list":["post-39599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-alan-maxson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-monster-island","tag-movies","tag-shudder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}