# Clayface director added DCU movie’s best scene to script “quite late in the process”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/clayface-director-added-dcu-movies-best-scene-to-script-quite-late-in-the-process/
- Published: 2026-10-27T14:40:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:55:47+00:00
- Original publisher: GamesRadar+
- Original article: https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/dc-movies/clayface-director-added-the-dcu-horror-movies-best-scene-to-mike-flanagans-script-quite-late-in-the-process/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Watkins added the club sequence late in development.
- The scene explores Matt’s enjoyment of his powers.
- Clayface has grossed $43 million worldwide.

## Summary

Director James Watkins says Clayface’s shapeshifting attack on a mobster’s club was added to Mike Flanagan’s script late in development. Watkins wanted the sequence to build tension like a castle siege, while showing Matt enjoying the darker side of his powers.

In the scene, Matt enters Vesuvius to confront mobster Markos Szabo, then frightens Szabo’s girlfriend by shifting between himself and Szabo’s aide before taking on the gang in different forms. The film opened to $24 million domestically and has grossed $43 million worldwide against a $44 million budget; it has a 75% critics’ score and 94% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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