Aster discussed how, in casting Pascal, he wanted to play into and off of just how beloved “the internet’s daddy” had become to the audience.

Aster, after initially struggling to pronounce the film’s name, revealed that Morbius was indeed the project he was invited by Marvel to direct.

In signature Aster fashion, the third act is so over-the-top violent that a woman at a Santa Fe screening asked Aster to explain how he uses special effects to create such a wide variety of deaths.