Thrillers, horror and action films help audiences explore the darkest sides of our world in a safe manner—surrounded by friends and like-minded strangers up for a good scare. In Universal Pictures’ new suspense thriller The First Purge, it was critical to cast friends and foes that take us back to the very beginning—complex characters who run the gamut of emotions as they deal with pain, vengeance, love and compassion. They ask themselves “Should we Purge? Should we stop this madness? How hard do we fight to protect what we love?”