Alexander Ludwig on ‘Unabomber’ Movie, His ‘Hunger Games’ Death Scene and ‘White Lotus’ Season 4: ‘It’s F—ing Wild’

Alexander Ludwig is meeting me on Zoom from a small cafe in the south of France. He’s in France filming Season 4 of “The White Lotus.” But more on that in a bit. First up, Ludwig is promoting “Unabomber,” his new Netflix biopic movie about Ted Kaczynski, the domestic terrorist who killed multiple people between 1978-1995 by mailing bombs to them.

Shailene Woodley stars as the FBI agent who insists on following the tip from Kaczynski’s own brother that led to his identification and arrest. Ludwig plays a less-than supportive fellow agent. Jacob Tremblay leads the film as a young Kaczynski when he participated in a controversial psychiatric study during his undergrad years at Harvard.

The movie raises questions about how the study’s traumatic impact on Kaczynski may have led him to his radical beliefs and deadly actions. His death scene — he was mauled by a pack of wolf mutts before being fatally shot with an arrow by Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) — is one of the franchise’s most memorable. It’s just that character had such a presence, and I owe so much of that to Gary.

I really owe my career to him. That was kind of what set me up at the beginning. It kind of teed me up for being able to work consistently in this business.” He’s excited to see the franchise’s next installment, “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.” “I just saw the trailer yesterday,” Ludwig says.

It’s crazy.’” He recalled his first days on the “Hunger Games” set. Like this is crazy,’” Ludwig says. While details aren’t being officially revealed by creator Mike White or HBO, Variety previously reported that the story involves two rival filmmaking teams as they compete for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Production has been spotted shooting in and around Paris, Monaco and Cannes, including the famed Palais des Festivals. I was at this event at the Hôtel du Cap — which is already the most obnoxious statement of my life — and who walks up but George Clooney? My wife and I start talking to him for like 15 minutes.