# ‘Clayface’s Max Minghella Reveals How DC’s Most Disturbing Movie Pulled Off Its Grotesque Effects

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/clayfaces-max-minghella-reveals-how-dcs-most-disturbing-movie-pulled-off-its-grotesque-effects/
- Published: 2026-10-25T10:30:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T11:10:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/clayface-max-minghella-grotesque-practical-effects-interview/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, TV

## Key points

- *Clayface* relies on practical effects for its body horror.
- Max Minghella praises Tom Rhys Harries’s demanding lead performance.
- Minghella also discusses *The White Lotus* and directing *The Shards*.

## Summary

Max Minghella says *Clayface* uses practical, tactile effects to create its disturbing body horror, marking a striking departure for a DC film. He credits director James Watkins’s approach and lead actor Tom Rhys Harries’s physically and emotionally demanding performance with helping the film deliver its grotesque story.

Minghella plays Gotham police officer John Borrelli in the origin story, which follows Matt Hagen’s rise and fall and introduces live-action Gotham City to the DC Universe. He also discusses joining *The White Lotus* in a small role and directing two episodes of *The Shards*, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, which he describes as one of the most joyful experiences of his career.

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