The Gladers are back for another phase of the trials in The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.
Based on the bestselling trilogy of books by James Dashner, The Scorch Trials follows the next stage of the adventures of Thomas, Theresa, Minho, Newt, and the rest of the surviving Gladers—fresh from their “rescue” from escaping the Maze—as they continue to search for the truth.
In an interview with Slash Film, Dylan O’Brien, who plays Thomas in the films, talks about the new movie, and how they are underdogs compared to other YA movies out there.
“Character-wise just figuring out this arc,” he shared. “The way I look at it is like the first one, Thomas is the reason, he kind of holds all the responsibility for them getting out and he thought that was the answer, he believed in it so hard. Now that he’s gotten these guys out and they’ve lost more than they have and Chuck especially, all that is weighing on him now that he’s not so sure that this was actually the better choice. Maybe this wasn’t the best thing.”
Dylan also shared that he had read all the books—which means he knows what will happen at the end of it all—but says he doesn’t remember every detail .
Dylan also shared how he thinks The Maze Runner franchise is actually an underdog compared to other popular YA adaptations lately such as Divergent and The Hunger Games.
“To be honest, speaking frankly we don’t have the budget of Divergent or Hunger Games,” he said. “We don’t have the marketing of that, it’s not in everyone’s face like that. I think the only reason we caught some people’s attention was because it’s cool. We made it really special, I think. I hope.”
You can catch Dylan in The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials which hits theaters September 18.
