Fionn Whitehead on Making Voyagers and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

With writer-director Neil Burger’s Voyagers opening in theaters this weekend, I recently spoke with Fionn Whitehead about making the sci-fi thriller. During the interview, he talked about how Voyagers depicts a possible future for our planet, what it was like playing someone that goes through such a big transformation, if he ever went a little stir crazy while filming because everything was in a soundstage without sunlight, what it was like working with Neil Burger, and more. In addition, he talked about making Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and why it was such a confusing shoot. If you haven’t seen the trailers, Voyagers takes place about forty years in the future and it’s about a group of young men and women sent on a very long expedition to colonize a distant planet with the goal of saving the human race. As their mission unfolds, and with the passage of time, they uncover secrets about the way they are being managed, which leads them to exploring their most primitive natures. As life on the ship desce