Actor Dylan O'Brien plans to blow fans away again in his upcoming sequel to his hit film 'Maze Runner,' but are fans only to expect the same quick-thinking sprinter from the first movie?

According to O'Brien in a recent interview with EW, he loves running, but this film will more test his acting chops and ability to draw emotion on screen.

"I asked him how much running I had ahead of me," he said. "Even though I knew that the movie could take a different direction, I just love running."

"This fall's follow-up, The Scorch Trials, sees Thomas guiding his group through a sandy wasteland called the Scorch while navigating a new set of life-threatening obstacles. There will be plenty of running, but the sci-fi sequel will take on a more adult tone," writes EW.

O'Brien attest to having more training and preparation than he needs for the role from his time on MTV's 'Teen Wolf.'

"It literally became my acting school, where I went every day for six months every year," said O'Brien.

While he admits to being very shy in his youth, his co-stars trust his ability to perform fully.

"He has a great emotional depth and he has great humor," said Ava Paige actress Patricia Clarkson. "Some young actors struggle with one or the other, and I think they're both easy for him. He has emotions at his fingertips."

Next up, O'Brien will appear opposite Mark Wahlberg in Deepwater Horizon, based on the BP oil spill, and he's eyeing an adaptation of Chad Harbach's novel The Art of Fielding. "I just hope to do good stuff, where I feel appropriate being the one telling that story," O'Brien says. And if he can do it at a dead run, all the better," writes EW.