Wagner Moura Compares 'Last House' to COVID Isolation
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- Wagner Moura told CinemaBlend he hopes the Delgado family in Netflix's "The Last House" discovers "good things about that change" after escaping their sealed-off Seattle home.
- Moura drew a direct parallel to the pandemic, saying he initially believed "the world is gonna change" post-COVID but conceded "I don't think we did."
- In the Louis Leterrier-directed film, Jason (Moura) and his wife Ann (Greta Lee) are trapped in their Seattle home with their two children when mysterious heavy rain seals everyone indoors.
- The sci-fi drama, now streaming on Netflix, follows the family surviving for five years as a phenomenon floods the world and unleashes monsters from the ocean.
- Netflix promoted the film with a guerrilla stunt: a man trapped in a house atop a Sunset Boulevard billboard, communicating with passersby via whiteboard.
Why it matters: Moura's interview gives Netflix's monster-disaster release a topical thematic hook — post-pandemic disillusionment — beyond pure spectacle, potentially broadening its appeal to viewers who connected with COVID-era isolation stories. The Sunset Boulevard billboard stunt, meanwhile, gives the streamer a low-cost viral marketing beat that piggybacks on the film's trapped-at-home premise.
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