The scene that 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple lead character Spike’s actor filmed last for the movie makes one key moment in the film all the more interesting, and all the more impactful. While Spike is ostensibly the sole main character of 28 Years Later itself, the young survivor shares the central stage in The Bone Temple with Dr. Ian Kelson – and arguably with Jimmy Crystal, the film’s main antagonist.
That said, Spike still works effectively in the cast of The Bone Temple as one of the few innocent figures in the post-apocalyptic story, meaning audiences empathize with him more as a character, and learn about the state of the world alongside him. With this context in mind, learning which scene Spike’s actor filmed last helps add extra significance to one major sequence in the 28 Days Later movie series.
Jimmy & Spike’s Barn Confrontation Was The Last Scene In 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Alfie Williams Filmed
Spike actor Alfie Williams revealed to Absolute Radio that the final scene he filmed for 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple was one of the earlier scenes in the film’s story.
As per the movie lead, the final scene Williams filmed was the confrontation between Spike and Jimmy Crystal after the young man fails to bring back the woman who burned down the barn the Fingers were in, wherein Spike clearly fears for his life and believes Jimmy is going to subject him to a brutal death, whether he fully realizes Spike tried to spare Cathy and flee with her or not.
This is an interesting final scene for Alfie Williams to have filmed last as Spike, both because it comes relatively early in the story of the movie, and because it’s one of the most emotional scenes for Spike’s character in the film – as well as one of the bleakest, given it’s this moment wherein Spike seems to feel at his most hopeless.
How The Barn Confrontation Being Filmed Last Changes The 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Scene
Alfie Williams’ comments about the 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple scene sees the actor mention he was actually crying during the scene due to how tense it was. This makes sense, given it is one of the most stressful moments in the entire movie, and Spike’s life is seemingly only saved from a cruel fate by Jimmy Ink stepping in and distracting her then-leader with a description of Kelson, who she believes to be Satan.
Knowing that Williams’ performance in this scene is informed by the actor having already played his part in every other scene Spike appears in within The Bone Temple consequently makes this scene doubly striking, as it means Spike’s emotional breakdown in this moment can draw from Williams’ first-hand knowledge that this is one of the darkest moments in Spike’s entire life.
It’s also interesting to note this scene came later in filming because it, in theory, allows the other actors to also add more nuance into it, since they’ve already acted out the scenes of Kelson, Kelli and Spike facing off against Jimmy Crystal and his remaining Jimmies in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple‘s ending, and have filmed the scenes wherein Spike and Kelli begin to form a separate alliance against their unhinged leader, which has its inception in this sequence.