Alex Noble took great pleasure in handing in
his notice, telling his bemused boss he was
off to pursue a career with the undead
Saying . .. Oh you know, just carrying out
necessary zombie duties



The 26-year-old from Cardiff is now employed
as a trainer by Slingshot, the company which
runs zombie chase game 2.8 Hours Later.

“I have always been into zombies,” explained
Alex, whose favourite film is Day of the Dead.

“I started off doing quite a bit of extras work.
Most of it was unpaid, but then my hobby grew into a job.”

Alex spent five years volunteering as a zombie
extra in films, tv and games, before being
offered the position with Slingshot.

“People started noticing me, because I was
doing things differently,” he said.

“I had a niche look and I was doing the
movements and noises differently.”

He is now responsible for running “zombie
school” for the volunteers taking part in the
game.

“It is quite physically demanding – I do training
in the gym to keep fit,” said Alex.

“Some actors who are used to working in
movies find it difficult, because with a film, youshoot your scene and that’s it for the day.

“In this game, you have 600 plus people
sprinting around at full pelt for three hours and you can’t break character at all.”
It takes a big team to host a zombie
apocalypse.

Each event requires 60 volunteers, 12 actors,
12 stage managers, five make-up artists, 10
members of production crew, security staff,
plus bar staff for the zombie disco after-party.