Meet the North East teen taking on Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Alfie shares the screen with some of the country's finest actors, including Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes.
Working with Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle to shoot the film was an experience he enjoyed.
"It was so crazy because there were so many things going on! It was amazing, I had a really great time," he said on the black carpet outside the Tyneside Cinema.
"You know, Aaron, Jodie, Mr Fiennes, even Danny made it really easy for me. It was a lot of laughs, and it was really intense anda fantastic experience."
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams and Jodie Comer arriving at the 28 Years Later world premiere. (Image: Ian West/PA Wire) The Gateshead lad has been acting since the age of seven, but nothing more than short films and commercials. He isn't even old enough to watch the film, which has a 15 certificate. But did he find it scary on set?
"I don't know about scary, but it was very intense," he said.
"I mean, getting chased by naked people is always going to be intense!
"It was a lot of fun. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jodie Comer both looked after me. And then working with Mr Fiennes is always a privilege.
"There's a lot of pressure when you're leading a film, and I've not done anything like this prior, so I hope people like it. I tried my best."
Alfie with director Danny Boyle. (Image: The Northern Echo) Alfie knows that with the pressure also comes the privilege of representing the region on world screens, and even said his schoolmates have been texting him images of him on the side of buses around the region
"It's great to be here and to represent the North East. I love it here. I was raised here," Alfie said.
"There's a lot of beautiful places throughout the film and Holy Island is definitely one of them. We had a couple of weeks there."
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Would Holy Island be the perfect place to survive a zombie apocalypse though?
"Me and Danny have talked about this a lot of times," he confessed.
"If this happened in real life - let's hope not - a lot of people would go there, and Danny thinks it would be overpopulated."
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