Dylan O'Brien Opens Up About Most Personal Role Yet - Flashback Interview

#DylanOBrien #Flashback
Dylan O'Brien on the personal challenges of filming psychological thriller Flashback and how he got into the mindset for the role.
00:00 - 01:09 What draws Dylan to the apocalypse adventure genre?
01:10 - 02:32 How did Dylan prepare psychologically for the role?
02:33 - 03:41 What did Dylan learn about himself from playing Fred?
03:42 - 04:38 What risks does Dylan still want to take in his career?
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A young man (Dylan O’Brien, The Maze Runner franchise), must unravel a disturbing mystery which develops from the fragmented, surreal memories of his past in intense psychological thriller Flashback.

[@ScarlettJ1221]

I'm just gonna say Dylan O'Brien is a underrated actor, I said what I said

[@vpkayy]

Lmao you’re right-

[@iconic6445]

how is he underrated?!😳😂

[@katiemclean1956]

THANK YOU

[@icylann4578]

He’s so cute and very very talented

[@tina.a8224]

Facts! No 🧢

[@jessicaratcliffey3396]

we all need another series with this man in it 😌😌

[@tc5262]

but he needs to be the main character

[@thenax8662]

Hell yeah.

[@tilda8990]

Yesssssss

[@MidnightEyesxx]

Dylan was beyond fantastic in this movie, as always 😭 He’s so criminally underrated and I look very forward to the day he gets his well deserved Oscar 🥰

[@Bella-ls3pe]

Absolutely agreed but the Oscars aren’t what they used to be anymore, it’s sometimes just all about money for the movies and stuff like that but I hope he gets lots of awards too :)

[@vvanaax1889]

@@Bella-ls3pe i really did not know that- He really does deserve an oscar tho he is incredibly talented.

[@Bella-ls3pe]

@@vvanaax1889 Yeah it’s really sad that they stage a lot of things but totally agree with you

[@ScarlettJ1221]

I can't stand how Incredible Dylan O'Brien looks, have mercy on my soul plz

[@toqa1d869]

I love how we watch literally the same people on KZbin 😂 from one direction and harry styles to dylan o’brein

[@miamartin8411]

when i read that i started singing mercy by shawn LOL

[@detectivetaylorswift]

He looks so happy in this. I hope Dyl is happy.

[@siaahsan6385]

The promotion for this movie isn't enough! If not for this interview and a few articles, you wouldn't even know if the movie's releasing!

[@dylanobrienloverdylanobrie2196]

Because of the pandemic. They are doing it all online. And I think hoping fans with word of mouth as well b

[@vpkayy]

A bunch of fans heard about it and kind of just spread the word out

[@lilliannysteruel9048]

Dylan 95% of the video: uh, um, yeah Dylan 5% of the video: giving nice answers

[@kayafleux3178]

that’s dylan in every interview hahah i love it

[@anaisdgsn]

Dylan O'Brien is the best, I love him

[@luceroamar1428]

I’M SO PROUD OF HIM AND WISH MORE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TALENTED HE IS

[@Sweetie2566]

Flashback deserves all the recognition, the acting that Dylan has pulled off in this movie is just insane, this man deserves an Oscar! 🤯💯👏🏻

[@shilahlacoe8574]

I think Dylan would be a great actor for a Marvel character. He's good with action films and has great comedic timing-also not terrible to look at lol

[@kayafleux3178]

yes exactly

[@nilanishan7535]

as a marvel and dylan fan im offended by how i didnt come up with that

[@KateJn]

@@kayafleux3178 what character do you think he could play in the marvel universe.

[@madelynoriannaguzmandeloss2962]

@@KateJn Spider-Man or any villian

[@maly2475]

i cant help but notice the fact that his cap matches her chair lol

[@rumaisasuleman3691]

I've loved him since maze runner❤️

[@phoebeterner7018]

flashback is the most insane movie i have ever seen. it is so complex and intelligent and it really cool. dylan’s acting is OUTSTANDING as always and i love that this movie plays with the idea that u can exist in multiple realities at once. i love this movie and i can confidently say that this is 100% my new favorite movie.

[@helenadamnjanovic8976]

So, can you please explain me because I watched it and I don't understand it at all

[@amycope7970]

@@helenadamnjanovic8976 short version: it’s a movie about choices. About how every moment we make a decision it impacts the way our life turns out. The merc / multiverse is simply a vehicle for the message. But really there are lots of different ways to interpret it. Nobody should watch it simply because they like Dylan O’Brien, he is amazing but these existential crisis / alternate reality movies are definitely not for everyone. This is my interpretation of the story explained chronologically for anyone who had no idea what was going on. *** We meet the adult Fred in one version of reality at the beginning. When teenage Fred is totally flipping out on merc in the squat house, he is experiencing all of the different possible lives he could have, but he can’t control it and is basically od’ing. During that trip he travels to our adult Fred’s ‘current’ time. Scar face appears to our Fred in the timeline we’ve started because he is trying to guide him back to that night in the squat with Cindy so that he doesn’t OD. This is why scar face appears right before the first two flashbacks which both have Fred temporarily coming back to that room with Cindy freaking out telling him to come back to her. There’s a bunch of other stuff / metaphors / lessons / clues that happen in the middle but for simplicity sake I’ll jump ahead to when the 3 guys go back to the squat house as adults. This is when he realises he never left that room as a teen and is actually still on merc, he follows the scar face kid and experiences a ton of different realities / times at once (including the ones we saw at the start when scar face first appeared), he freaks out completely and whacks the kid with the lamp in an effort to make it all stop. But he’s still on merc and experiencing these two different realities (the adult and the teen) simultaneously hence the OD scenes in the bathroom. Next day he thinks it’s all over but when he freaks out at work / school he realises again that it’s still happening and that he is still simultaneously a teen, an adult, and in that room on merc. Then he realises he can change what happens by going back in time and changing his choices (which he can only do because he’s still on merc). So he goes back in time a little, leaves work / steals mums car and heads for the squat house, flicking between both timelines to get back to Cindy and the original night at the squat house. Now he understands what’s happening and chooses to explore with Cindy. They do this for years, with the beach house / travelling etc whilst in the original teen timeline they are living as bums and hooked on merc, which is what allows them to keep exploring their alternate realities. It seems he hasn’t really had a relationship with his mum at all (there are no memories or suggestion of any time with her between teen Fred and 30 year old Fred. Every flash of her face he sees are either young or old, not in between) He visits her as a bum and realises the screaming face he sees when he shifts realities is hers. This is when he decides to live a linear timeline and deal with the highs and lows as they come (breaking the necklace and Cindy saying it doesn’t matter because they can just find it again, represents how choices have more meaning when there are consequences and you can’t just jump to another reality). He also doesn’t want his mum to remember him as the bum version. So he says goodbye to Cindy and goes back to the time prior to meeting her and consciously chooses the life where he can spend it with Karen and have a relationship with his mum until she dies. When I say trip I don’t mean like an acid trip. The alternate realities are real, but he needs to keep taking the merc to be able to move around them. That’s my take anyway. I loved it, and I love that different people can take different things from it but it made perfect sense to me (after a couple of views) and every time I watch it I discover more about the story and change my interpretation slightly.

[@lyra9767]

Dylan can look 15 and 30 at the same time🔥❤️

[@faithslife2.086]

Facts

[@virgomoonxoxo]

i just finished watching flashback and all i can say is woowwwww. his acting was PHENOMENAL. hes so underrated and he deserves an oscar for this movie seriously ! i’m so proud of him :’))

[@5kafule5]

That was like the shortest interview ever and so suddenly over, and the clips are kinda distracting. But maybe I'm just nervous because the movie is out now and I'm so not ready for it.. 🤯 But it's always a pleasure to listen to Dylan, that cutie. His reactions to some of the questions, just aw..!

[@5kafule5]

That's gonna be interesting, I'm sure. Can't wait to hear Dylan's answers! And so excited to watch this movie (kinda scared, too) 🤩

[@calumsanderson6741]

It's far less scary than the trailers play it up to be. It's much more sentimental than scary

[@ludovicaliguori5258]

Half of my heart belongs to him since when I was 12 (now I'm 20 btw)... He's such a good person and such a good actor, and like he said in 2014 at Giffoni Film festival, the two things are related; in everything he does, he proves to be the best. He is so perfect in every role he plays that you couldn't even imagine anyone else doing them. He knows how to convey the emotions and the feelings of his characters so well that even the viewer can feel them on his own skin. He deserves the best!! 💙💙💙 P.s. I'm sorry for my scholastic english 🙈

[@mdcfan9842]

Just finished watching it and I have so many questions lol. Might have to rewatch it a few more times, but what an amazing performance by Dylan, he continues to amaze me with his acting skills 👏 I'm so proud of him!!! he surpassed all his previous roles

[@jaehyungotnoass]

the movie needs more promo!!!!

[@maryem7186]

Can I just say, I really liked this interviewer :) She was very sweet and personable

[@Kelly-qv7gy]

He's an upcoming actor. We will see much more from him I believe. A huge fan right here from the Netherlands!!!

[@nandossam]

he did perfect he did amazing he was stunning.. i was speechless.. #Flashback

[@jaehyungotnoass]

i already watched the half of the movie and i love ittt he’s so talented as always

[@Really_Its_Me]

I just watched this movie n I’m still like whaaaa…😵‍💫

[@rubyhoughton1227]

I hope you feels better because he said he was struggling at the time 💖 he’s an amazing actor 💖

[@444m1ahh]

will i be watching this at 7:30am you ask? yes. yes i will. anything for dylan

[@anaghasharma462]

The interviewer is so good though

[@gracemeyer7721]

0:27 he sounds like that one interview he did with tbs when hes like “wait wait wait where do i know you from”

[@DinaHoechlin1982]

Just saw it on here KZbin and Instagram, I’m so freakin proud of Dylan ❤️❤️❤️🥵🥵👏🏼👏🏼

[@3ambere]

Honestly, this man never age

[@elisevh8625]

Excited for this movie AHHHH

[@mitzibass7251]

Just siting here patiently waiting😂

[@alaala8401]

aaaa i’m so happy that it’s finally out🥺😍

[@sunflowerproductions.]

He is an fantastic actor, super down to earth, kind & just such a cool dude! He's the best ❤

[@noeevp8092]

SOOO EXCITED!!

[@jks2023]

he's so down to earth i love his honest answersss

[@scirfay]

Dylan obrien ❤

[@klarissa7954]

i’m so excited

[@honeybee9922]

Can’t wait 😌

[@bergthorasolhalfdans116]

Ahhhh I can’t wait!!!

[@adjctive]

excited

[@DinaHoechlin1982]

I can’t wait for part 2 tomorrow, I love him , my babe ❤️❤️🥵🥵🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@kyrafoley2179]

hes all i need rn

[@nzebram]

When you go to sleep at night and you wake up in the mornin👀👀

[@Itskcdiaries]

I love him even more now

[@syd1367]

dylan is such a great actor

[@tina.a8224]

He looks so happy 😍

[@ludovicaliguori5258]

THAT SMILE. THAT DAMNED SMILE.

[@eliftutuneken]

heyecanlı bekleyişşş 😚

[@piliomar31]

How the heck this "little" channel could get in touch with Dylan, and apparently was the only one :0

[@rodyelgohary270]

HE'S SO ADORABLE HELP

[@sgoorsgr]

afternoon? or half the night! cuz my country the time is different

[@sasha_gil]

DYLAN'S INCREDIBLE!!!!!

[@rubyhoughton1227]

Was he struggling when he read the script or thought out filming it? Either way I hope he feels better 💖

[@normawehbii4950]

Dylan deserves an oscar

[@fitnesswithjulie458]

i hope hes happy. i love him

[@rosalamonica8621]

where can i watch the movie with subtitles?

[@emmawilson3563]

google play

[@athinashaba6106]

the love of my life

[@valeska7363]

Where I can see the movie?I'm from latinoamericana Ecuador

[@emmawilson3563]

google play

[@sasha_gil]

I love him 😭🥺🙌

[@nishatronak2767]

Love Dylan ❤️

[@Rachel-rr1fb]

I'm in love with this man!!!

[@jet5995]

🖤

[@martinasquillacciotti]

Where can i watch it?

[@emmawilson3563]

google play

[@kipcornkruimel7698]

Where do I watch this movie?

[@getintofilm]

Check out FindAnyFilm for loads of viewing options: www.findanyfilm.com/film/flashback~173672/digital

[@elifdemirtas5614]

😚😚 Dylan O'Brien 💕💕

[@_.slvtfh._]

Never been this early :P also i love dylan!

[@santinaribeiro8539]

❤ Dylan O'brien ❤ 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@sandrasrensen5687]

I love him🐺❤️

[@Help-xk4qh]

I love him

[@salometvildiani7546]

Love you dylan❤❤ so much🥰🥰🥰

[@YOURFAVORITEITGIRL]

ily

[@serenashanks7979]

i hope it’s not a sad one :(

[@anela2141]

Its nott :)

[@dylanobrienloverdylanobrie2196]

He's so funny

[@anaisdgsn]

Hey

[@sr-five3924]

thx to him one of my fav random things to do is to yell THOMAS!!!

[@selin6745]

oyyyş yavru

[@seyma4996]

nslabalsjlsjxkd

[@softxstranger7620]

Aba Türkler gelmiş hoş gelmişşş :)

[@selin6745]

@@seyma4996 JSKAKDKAKSKKWSKWKISKWO

[@alexakvick8504]

2 days shawties

[@maraxx6178]

THE GC:

[@jessicafellows5981]

im depressed that the live chat has ended

[@dylanismyhusband9612]

@@jessicafellows5981 ME TOO OMG

[@maraxx6178]

SAME BECAUSE I CANT SEE WHO LIKED

[@dylanismyhusband9612]

I DONT KNOW HOW IT HAPPEND BUT I LOVE YALL SO MUCH

[@rubyhoughton1227]

He’s so cute 😂💖

[@mahnoornadeem9706]

Can someone tell me what was the movie about lol ? I did know it was about Cindy , but never explain what happened to Cindy , is she dead or what ? What was with little boy all flashback and what happed to his friends? Why did Fred tell his mom it’s you ? Can someone plz explain to me ?

[@amycope7970]

Just copying & pasting my response that I gave to the same question somewhere in the comments above. ***** short version: it’s a movie about choices. About how every moment we make a decision it impacts the way our life turns out. The merc / multiverse is simply a vehicle for the message. But really there are lots of different ways to interpret it. Nobody should watch it simply because they like Dylan O’Brien, he is amazing but these existential crisis / alternate reality movies are definitely not for everyone. This is my interpretation of the story explained chronologically for anyone who had no idea what was going on. *** We meet the adult Fred in one version of reality at the beginning. When teenage Fred is totally flipping out on merc in the squat house, he is experiencing all of the different possible lives he could have, but he can’t control it and is basically od’ing. During that trip he travels to our adult Fred’s ‘current’ time. Scar face appears to our Fred in the timeline we’ve started because he is trying to guide him back to that night in the squat with Cindy so that he doesn’t OD. This is why scar face appears right before the first two flashbacks which both have Fred temporarily coming back to that room with Cindy freaking out telling him to come back to her. There’s a bunch of other stuff / metaphors / lessons / clues that happen in the middle but for simplicity sake I’ll jump ahead to when the 3 guys go back to the squat house as adults. This is when he realises he never left that room as a teen and is actually still on merc, he follows the scar face kid and experiences a ton of different realities / times at once (including the ones we saw at the start when scar face first appeared), he freaks out completely and whacks the kid with the lamp in an effort to make it all stop. But he’s still on merc and experiencing these two different realities (the adult and the teen) simultaneously hence the OD scenes in the bathroom. Next day he thinks it’s all over but when he freaks out at work / school he realises again that it’s still happening and that he is still simultaneously a teen, an adult, and in that room on merc. Then he realises he can change what happens by going back in time and changing his choices (which he can only do because he’s still on merc). So he goes back in time a little, leaves work / steals mums car and heads for the squat house, flicking between both timelines to get back to Cindy and the original night at the squat house. Now he understands what’s happening and chooses to explore with Cindy. They do this for years, with the beach house / travelling etc whilst in the original teen timeline they are living as bums and hooked on merc, which is what allows them to keep exploring their alternate realities. It seems he hasn’t really had a relationship with his mum at all (there are no memories or suggestion of any time with her between teen Fred and 30 year old Fred. Every flash of her face he sees are either young or old, not in between) He visits her as a bum and realises the screaming face he sees when he shifts realities is hers. This is when he decides to live a linear timeline and deal with the highs and lows as they come (breaking the necklace and Cindy saying it doesn’t matter because they can just find it again, represents how choices have more meaning when there are consequences and you can’t just jump to another reality). He also doesn’t want his mum to remember him as the bum version. So he says goodbye to Cindy and goes back to the time prior to meeting her and consciously chooses the life where he can spend it with Karen and have a relationship with his mum until she dies. When I say trip I don’t mean like an acid trip. The alternate realities are real, but he needs to keep taking the merc to be able to move around them. That’s my take anyway. I loved it, and I love that different people can take different things from it but it made perfect sense to me (after a couple of views) and every time I watch it I discover more about the story and change my interpretation slightly.

[@byfreelamateria1998]

Muy buen actor

[@PaolaPerri]

Dylan has awful connection. He is one of us!

[@hannahbecquer8339]

Dylan? Dylan mio y de Thomas🛐🛐.

[@jaehyungotnoass]

he‘s the loml

[@stephaniecamilo6744]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mollaahy]

I watched this with my friend who hasnt watched the movie and she said “does that mean he is/was a drug addict” I-

[@VennilaAndy]

Me watching Dylan at 14: 😍😍😍 Me at 23: 😍😍😍😍😍

[@amycope7970]

It’s such a tiny thing. I don’t know why it frustrates me so much but regardingthe very first question - flashback is many things, but an apocalypse adventure is not one of them. Sorry 😬

[@renniekirungi6739]

I CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM😻😻👺

[@marianasalas30]

Me comprare la silla 😭☝🏻 JAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJ espero y algún día el Dylan sepa de mi existencia 👺☝🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ihateyou9061]

hes literally wearing what my dad wore the other day LMAO

[@serenashanks7979]

#BringBackTeenWolf

[@ashakawonderwoman2385]

I’m I the only one that thinks that him and Laura Marano would make a good duo

[@DinaHoechlin1982]

Btw I love Dylan so freakin bad , but not just cause of his looks , sorry haters but he’s so freakin attractive, but he’s personality is the best , he’s so talented too as an actor and everything else he’s good at , that’s my reasons why I love him so much ,also please never say he’s ugly , Check your eyes right , he’s freakin adorable and hott 😒😒🥵🥵❤️❤️❤️

[@stephaniecamilo6744]

💖💖💖💖💖

[@car4341]

❤❤❤🥺🥰🥰🥰💘💘

[@stephaniecamilo6744]

🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@elisevh8625]

Future me how was it

[@elisevh8625]

IT WAS SO GOOD OMGGG It was confusing though but it was amazing 😩 dylan o'brien is so talented