Trog

Trog

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* [[Michael Gough]]
* [[Michael Gough]]
* [[Bernard Kay]]
* [[Bernard Kay]]
* [[Joe Cornelius]]
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| music = [[John Scott (composer)|John Scott]]
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* [[Simon Lack]] as Lt. Colonel Vickers
* [[Simon Lack]] as Lt. Colonel Vickers
* [[Chloe Franks]] as Little Girl
* [[Chloe Franks]] as Little Girl
* Joe Cornelius as Trog
* [[Joe Cornelius]] as Trog
* Rachel Stephens as Child in the Park
* Rachel Stephens as Child in the Park
* [[Maurice Good]] as television reporter
* [[Maurice Good]] as television reporter
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Freddie Francis later referred to ''Trog'' as "a terrible film" and as one he regretted directing:{{cite magazine|magazine=Hammer Horror|url=https://archive.org/details/Hammer_Horror_006_1995_Marvel|page=[https://archive.org/details/Hammer_Horror_006_1995_Marvel/page/n10 11]-12|year=1995|number=6|title=Tales from the Script|first=Christopher|last=Koetting}}{{blockquote|I did it because of Joan Crawford, and poor Joan by this time was a very sad old lady. We had to have [[Cue card|idiot cards]] all over the place because she couldn't remember her lines. It was the last thing she ever did and she shouldn’t have done it. Neither should I ... She had no friends, and she kept writing sad letters to my wife and I {{sic}} until she died.}}
Freddie Francis later referred to ''Trog'' as "a terrible film" and as one he regretted directing:{{cite magazine|magazine=Hammer Horror|url=https://archive.org/details/Hammer_Horror_006_1995_Marvel|page=[https://archive.org/details/Hammer_Horror_006_1995_Marvel/page/n10 11]-12|year=1995|number=6|title=Tales from the Script|first=Christopher|last=Koetting}}{{blockquote|I did it because of Joan Crawford, and poor Joan by this time was a very sad old lady. We had to have [[Cue card|idiot cards]] all over the place because she couldn't remember her lines. It was the last thing she ever did and she shouldn’t have done it. Neither should I ... She had no friends, and she kept writing sad letters to my wife and I {{sic}} until she died.}}


Joe Cornelius, who plays the feature's title character, provides a quite different perspective on Crawford's actions and demeanour during filming. As a professional wrestler in England, Cornelius performed in the ring for 20 years as "The Dazzler" and was chosen to portray Trog due to his physique and athletic abilities.[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsIdokqEm4U "John Waters introduces Trog|BFI"], interview with Joe Cornelius by John Walters prior to screening of ''Trog'', published on [[YouTube]] October 28, 2015. British Film Institute (BFI), London, U.K. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
[[Joe Cornelius]], who plays the feature's title character, provides a quite different perspective on Crawford's actions and demeanour during filming. As a professional wrestler in England, Cornelius performed in the ring for 20 years as "The Dazzler" and was chosen to portray Trog due to his physique and athletic abilities.[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xsIdokqEm4U "John Waters introduces Trog|BFI"], interview with Joe Cornelius by John Walters prior to screening of ''Trog'', published on [[YouTube]] October 28, 2015. British Film Institute (BFI), London, U.K. Retrieved September 4, 2019.


Cornelius's role provided him with numerous opportunities to observe Crawford both on and off camera. Forty-five years after the film's release, in an interview arranged and video-recorded by the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI), he shared publicly for the first time his experiences working on the production and more specifically with the veteran actress.[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/john-waters-season-bfi-southbank "John Waters season set for BFI Southbank"], program announcement, July 3, 2015, BFI website. Retrieved September 5, 2019. That interview occurred in September 2015, just prior to a screening of ''Trog'' by BFI in one of its film retrospectives. It was conducted by the American director and writer [[John Waters]], a notable promoter and creator of [[underground films|underground]] or "[[Cinema of Transgression|transgressive cult films]]", as well as a fan of many other types of low-budget, more mainstream productions like ''Trog''.{{cite web|author=Gallagher, Paul|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/shock_value_new_yorks_underground_cinema |title=Shock Value: New York's Underground 'Cinema of Transgression|work=[[DangerousMinds.net]]|date=26 September 2014|access-date=30 March 2026}}{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/lists/john-waters-loves-these-films-so-should-you |title=John Waters Loves these films, so should you |first=Walt |last=Panorama |work=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220081331/https://mubi.com/lists/john-waters-loves-these-films-so-should-you|archive-date=20 December 2019|url-status=live}}
Cornelius's role provided him with numerous opportunities to observe Crawford both on and off camera. Forty-five years after the film's release, in an interview arranged and video-recorded by the [[British Film Institute]] (BFI), he shared publicly for the first time his experiences working on the production and more specifically with the veteran actress.[https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/john-waters-season-bfi-southbank "John Waters season set for BFI Southbank"], program announcement, July 3, 2015, BFI website. Retrieved September 5, 2019. That interview occurred in September 2015, just prior to a screening of ''Trog'' by BFI in one of its film retrospectives. It was conducted by the American director and writer [[John Waters]], a notable promoter and creator of [[underground films|underground]] or "[[Cinema of Transgression|transgressive cult films]]", as well as a fan of many other types of low-budget, more mainstream productions like ''Trog''.{{cite web|author=Gallagher, Paul|url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/shock_value_new_yorks_underground_cinema |title=Shock Value: New York's Underground 'Cinema of Transgression|work=[[DangerousMinds.net]]|date=26 September 2014|access-date=30 March 2026}}{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/lists/john-waters-loves-these-films-so-should-you |title=John Waters Loves these films, so should you |first=Walt |last=Panorama |work=[[Mubi (streaming service)|Mubi]] |year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220081331/https://mubi.com/lists/john-waters-loves-these-films-so-should-you|archive-date=20 December 2019|url-status=live}}