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'Totally Killer' cast includes Fil-Canadian actress Stephi Chin-Salvo

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Yong Chavez | TFC News Hollywood

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RFGTyLyoqNA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>“Totally Killer” is a horror-comedy about a teen, played by Kiernan Shipka, who travels back to 1987 to stop a serial murderer from harming a person she loves.</p><p>She goes back to the time of the original crimes and teams up with her teen mom in hunting the masked killer.</p><p>Its diverse cast includes Filipino-Canadian actress Stephi Chin-Salvo, who played one of the Molly&#x27;s, a group of popular high school girls who are fans of ‘80s film &quot;Queen Molly Ringwald.&quot;</p><p>&quot;She read for the role and we didn&#x27;t know exactly which of the Mollys we were going to have her play so she read for all of them,&quot; said director Nahnatchka Khan on Chin-Salvo. &quot;And she was so funny, so natural.&quot;</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="totallykiller" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/10/11/totk_2022_ut_220609_ditjam_06652r_700.jpg"/><figcaption><address style="text-align:left">(L-R): Olivia Holt as Teen Pam, Charlie Gillespie as Teen Blake, Kiernan Shipka as Jamie Hughes, Stephi Chin-Salvo as Marisa Margolis, Jeremy Monn-Djasngar as Teen Randy Finkle in &quot;Totally Killer.&quot; Courtesy: James Dittiger for &quot;Totally Killer&quot; / Prime Video</address></figcaption></figure></div><p>Khan added: She (Chin-Salvo) got the humor but also we had a scene where she had to scream terrified because the killer is coming, and she nailed that. She was a natural scream queen. She&#x27;s a gem.&quot;</p><p>Khan, who also directed the hit Netflix rom-com “Always Be My Maybe” and is the executive producer of the TV series “Young Rock” based on the life of Dwayne Johnson, shared her early struggles in Hollywood.</p><p>Asked what she considers as the most difficult challenge before making it in Hollywood, Khan said it was the idea of changing people&#x27;s views of movies and stories.</p><p>&quot;I think that when you see when you see things a certain way for so long, that&#x27;s just how you assume it is,&quot; Khan added. &quot;And so the idea of introducing all different kinds of stories, you have to kind of dedicate some energy to doing that.&quot;</p><p>“Totally Killer” also reunites Khan with her “Fresh Off The Boat” leading man Randall Park, a staple in her other projects.</p><p>&quot;I’ll always want to work with him,&quot; said Khan of Park. &quot;He&#x27;s so great. And it was so funny to see him in this role because he&#x27;s kind of a jerk. (laughs). He&#x27;s like this small-town sheriff and he&#x27;s chain smoking and ignoring this young woman.&quot;</p><p>“Totally Killer” is now out on Prime Video.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="totallykiller2" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/10/11/image004.png"/><figcaption> </figcaption></figure></div>

'She was so funny, so natural,' said the film's director Nahnatchka Khan on Stephi Chin-Salvo.