Daniel Kaluuya teases his upcoming character in Nope. Nope is directed by Jordan Peele and will mark the director’s third horror film following his groundbreaking features Get Out and Us.Peele’s new film focuses on residents of a California ranch town that are faced with a mysterious airborne threat. Nope stars Kaluuya alongside Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Barbie Ferreira, Brandon Perea, and Michael Wincott.
Over the course of the last few months, revelations regarding specifics of Nope’s story and characters have been slow going. Up until the most recent Nope trailer, plot details were kept well under wraps, with Peele suggesting that the sky-born threat to Palmer and Kaluuya’s town was alien-like, but not much else. The final trailer fleshed out more of the plot, which seems to focus on Kaluuya and Palmer’s characters’ attempt, with the help of a media team, to prove the existence of the alien force. Much still remains unknown about the plot, however, such as who Yeun’s mysterious rancher character is and what role he serves in the movie.
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Now, Kaluuya hints at a few Nope details through revelations about his character. In a recent interview with THR, Kaluuya mentions that he and Palmer’s characters, who are brother and sister in Nope,are “estranged.” While they are closely bonded, Kaluuya suggests that the two have tension behind that bond that is seen on screen:
“They’re estranged. He’s disappointed in her; she’s sick of him. But there’s this bond that you have each other’s back no matter what bullshit happens.”
Kaluuya also provides context as to how “inward” his character is on screen:
“He’s still, genuinely still. A lot of my other
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