The location of one of the first scenes filmed for The New Mutants at Medfield State Hospital was also the site of at least one tragic death due to the institution's history.

During a press conference for The New Mutants, the cast and crew described how filming at Medfield State Hospital was often creepy and weird, with some unwilling to walk alone to their cars at night. Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays Illyana Rasputin/Magik in the film, then compared the production to a high school/college experience due to how the cast would return to the "same place every single day and then [go] back to, like, dorms."

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Following Taylor-Joy's observation, director Josh Boone noted a real-life tragedy that had occured at one of the filming locations "It was like a college experience," Boone explained, "but where the set that you were on, somebody had hung themselves there maybe 40 years before... I remember in the attic that we shot in on the first day, that was a place where somebody had hung themselves. They said it might even have been more than one person. Because the place that we shot in was 150 years old."

The revised synopsis for The New Mutants can be found below.

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In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the MARVEL comic series, five young people who demonstrate special powers are brought to a secret institution to undergo treatments they are told will cure them of the dangers of their powers. Included are Danielle Moonstar aka Mirage (Blu Hunt), who creates illusions from other people’s fears; Rahne Sinclair (Maisie Williams), who transforms into the werewolf Wolfsbane; Sam Guthrie (Charlie Heaton), who, as Cannonball, can fly at jet speeds protected by a force field; Roberto da Costa aka Sunspot (Henry Zaga), who absorbs and channels solar power; and Illyana Rasputin aka Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy). The younger sister of Colossus, Magik becomes encased in armor at will and wields a soulsword that amplifies her multiple superhuman and psychic abilities. Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes (Alice Braga) to share their stories about when their powers first manifested, the five “patients” come to understand that they are in a class of people called mutants, who have historically been marginalized and feared. As they relive their origin stories, their memories seem to turn into terrifying realities. Soon, they question what is real and what isn’t, and it becomes clear that the institution isn’t what it seems. Now the question is — why are they being held captive? And who is trying to destroy them? The tension and horror mount in this white-knuckle thrill ride directed by Josh Boone and co-written by Boone and Knate Lee.

Directed and co-written by Josh Boone, The New Mutants stars Maisie Williams as Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane, Anya Taylor-Joy as Illyana Rasputin/Magik, Charlie Heaton as Sam Guthrie/Cannonball, Henry Zaga as Roberto da Costa/Sunspot, Blu Hunt as Danielle Moonstar/Mirage and Alice Braga as Dr. Cecilia Reyes. The film arrives in theaters Aug. 28.

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