Exclusive: Darby And The Dead cast Interviews with Riele Downs, Auli’i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs, Asher Angel & Silas Howard
Premiering on Hulu on Dec. 2 is “Darby and the Dead,” starring Riele Downs, Auli’i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs, Asher Angel, Wayne Knight, with Derek Luke, and Tony Danza. Directed by Silas Howard from a screenplay is by Becca Greene, the film is based on a story by Wenonah Wilm.
After suffering a near-death experience as a young girl, Darby Harper (Downs) gains the ability to see dead people. As a result, she becomes introverted and shut off from her high school peers and prefers to spend time counseling lonely spirits who have unfinished business on earth. But all that changes when Capri (Cravalho), the Queen Bee of the school’s most exclusive clique, unexpectedly dies in a freak hair straightening accident, resulting in the obvious cancellation of her upcoming “Sweet 17.” Capri, however, pleads with Darby from the other side to intervene and convince Capri’s friends to proceed with the party as planned. In order to appease the wrath of the undead diva, Darby must emerge from her self-imposed exile and reinvent herself — which along the way, allows her to find new joy back in the land of the living
The single “One on One” featured in “Darby and the Dead,” is sung by Asher Angel, who also stars in the film, and is available now on all streaming platforms.
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales conducts interviews with Darby and the Dead cast members Riele Downs, Auli’i Cravalho, Chosen Jacobs, Asher Angel & director Silas Howard about the film, filming in South Africa and working with Tony Danza.
