{"id":22247,"date":"2026-07-30T18:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22247"},"modified":"2026-07-30T18:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:21:01","slug":"jacob-tremblay-transforms-into-ted-kaczynski-in-netflix-unabomber-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22247","title":{"rendered":"Jacob Tremblay Transforms Into Ted Kaczynski in Netflix Unabomber Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Jacob Tremblay Makes Chilling Transformation as Unabomber Ted Kaczynski for Netflix Film<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Get ready for a new side of <\/span><strong>Jacob Tremblay<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The 19-year-old <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">makes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> a bloodcurdling transformation into <\/span><strong>Ted<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> <\/span><strong>Kaczynski<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2014the domestic terrorist who killed three people and injured 23 more between 1978 and 1995 through mail bombings\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400\">in a first look photo for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/netflix\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Netflix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u2019s upcoming film <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Unabomber<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight:400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">And for Tremblay, the role offered new insight into the lone bomber.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI didn\u2019t even know he went to Harvard until I read the script; I think most people don\u2019t,\u201d Tremblay shared with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/unabomber-release-date-cast-news\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Netflix\u2019s Tudum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in an interview published July 29. \u201cBut he was a mathematical genius when he was 16. 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