While speaking with CBR about the finale of World Beyond, Royale was asked about a specific scene she shared with Felix (Nico Tortorella), a bodyguard and older-brother figure to sisters Iris and Hope (Alexa Mansour). After discovering that not only have Hope and Huck (Annet Mahendru) abandoned them in the night, but that Huck is a double agent who tried to sabotage their trip by hiding supplies they needed to fix a truck they'd been using, Iris and Felix make the needed repairs and hit the road. There is one other hitch to their plan. The truck has manual transmission, and Felix has a leg wound that prevents him from operating the clutch on the massive rig. That means Iris is going to have to learn how to drive a stick shift on the fly.
Anyone who has ever learned to drive stick can likely relate to the ensuing scene of the truck jerking and bucking while Iris attempts to get a handle on the complicated routine. According to Royale, the scene wasn't just a sweet moment of bonding between her and Felix, it was also pretty scary. The actress told CBR, "I was actually terrified. Driving stick is something I have never done and never thought I would do, at least not in a vehicle that large."
Do we think that's scarier than encountering a real-life hoard of walkers? Although the former feels tame in comparison, when you consider that the latter is nothing more than a group of actors in makeup and costumes milling around until they can take lunch, it ups the terror factor of driving an actual military-style truck when you have no experience.
