The True Story Behind ‘Unabomber’

The psychological experiment scenes presented a different challenge. Tremblay was strapped to a chair, limiting his movement and expressions. “I learned to utilize that unfamiliar and uncomfortable environment to my advantage,” Tremblay says. “Because Ted himself in that moment is also experiencing that discomfort and unfamiliarity at the same time.”

Unabomber is grounded in documented events from Kaczynski’s life, but the film also takes creative liberties with gaps in the historical record.

“But that was fun for the filmmakers and us actors as we got to create something unique from the story we pieced together and that excited me because it distinguishes our film from other tellings of the Unabomber’s story,” Tremblay says.

For Metz, the film was also an opportunity to explore parts of Kaczynski’s story that are less familiar to audiences.

“In developing the film, we found that the psychological experiments conducted on Ted Kaczynski during his time at Harvard were unknown to most people, some were not even aware he attended Harvard,” Metz says. “While our film doesn’t offer a complete biography, we chose to present a filmic take on his story and a narrative opening into the mind of Ted Kaczynski.”