The horror film, directed by Robert Rodriguez in 1998 and still included in the ranking of the best films of this genre, is “Teaching staff”. The actors (“Faculty” - the title given to the film by Russian hire), who played the main roles in this project, subsequently became stars of the first magnitude.
Plot of the film
The picture takes place in an ordinary college, which has become the scene of incredible events.
Main characters:
- Casey Connor (Elijah Wood) - Local Award;
- Zeke (Josh Hartnett) - handsome and smoothie selling drugs to students;
- Delaila Profitt (Jordana Brewster) - editor of a local newspaper;
- Marybeth (Laura Harris) - a new girl;
- Stan (Sean Hatoshi) - Captain of the college team
- Stockley (Clea DuVall) is an emo girl.
Casey once finds a strange creature of a nonexistent appearance on the sports field behind the college building. Trying to find out what it is, he connects to a search for Delayl. She took part in the investigation, hoping for a sensational report. In the process of collecting information, children are faced with inappropriate behavior by teachers and parents.
The new Maribet and Zeke accidentally encounter a couple of "detectives" in the zoological office and are attacked by a vile creature that looks like an arthropod. Compounding the horror of the situation, the teacher’s corpse falls out of the closet ... The guys are shocked. They understand that they are left alone against insane or obsessed adults.
"Faculty" (film): actors
Casey Connor was played by Elijah Wood, an actor subsequently known for The Lord of the Rings. He was born in the USA in 1981. Elijah has a brother and sister. The actor's family has Danish, German and English roots.
Since childhood, the boy loved to speak in public. When he grew up, his mother gave him to a modeling agency, where he was immediately noticed. The actor begins to appear in commercials and episodic roles in the movie. Prior to his "stellar" year, the artist worked with such Hollywood luminaries as Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith and Kevin Costner. He is known as a professional in his field and other wonderful actors. "Faculty" serves as confirmation of this.
Josh Harnett played Zeke, a loose guy, a favorite of girls. The actor was born into an ordinary American family, fond of hippie culture. In childhood, he dreamed of becoming a football player, but after an injury this was not destined to come true. After participating in the school production of Tom Sawyer, Josh realized that he wanted to become an actor. He even entered the university at the corresponding faculty, but after studying for six months, he left. The turning point in the career of the artist was the role of the son of the main character (Lee Curtis) in the film "Halloween: 20 years later." Since then, the actor is in demand in Hollywood and has a number of national awards and nominations that receive talented actors. "Faculty" also did not pass the attention of critics of the Academy.
Jordana Brewster, who played Delaila Profitt, was born in 1990 in the family of a banker and a Brazilian model. She is fluent in English and Portuguese. The actress played in American and South American TV series. Known for her roles in the telenovela "Dallas" and the films "Fast and the Furious" and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre." These are the actors who starred in the picture.
"Faculty": interesting facts about the film
In fact, the name of the film translates as “Teaching staff,” but the title “Faculty” is firmly entrenched in the Russian box office.
The director borrowed the idea for the film from the movie "Something."
One of the episodic roles is played by the director’s sister.