Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn teamed up for the upcoming horror movie A Quiet Place: Day One, and the actress just admitted something about her first encounter with the Stranger Things actor.
Quinn portrayed Eddie Munson in the hit Netflix series, and since he rose to worldwide fame for that role, many assumed he’s like the character in real life, too. In fact, even the Oscar-winning star thought the same.
Lupita Nyong’o Was Initially Surprised After Meeting Joseph Quinn
During Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn’s interview with Hits Radio, the 12 Years A Slave actress admitted feeling shocked when she learned her costar was anything but like Eddie Munson.
This is really hard for me to admit as an actor, but I just watched him in Stranger Things, so Eddie Munson was very much on my brain when I met him, and we had a rehearsal, and he was not like Eddie Munson at all.
Nyong’o was disappointed with this, thinking “Oh my god, he’s such a different man from the man he played” but she was quick to catch herself and evaluate her thoughts. “I’m like, of course, he’s a different man. He’s an actor,” she quipped.
The actress said she was “taken by how focused he was, dedicated, very gracious in our first encounter” despite her expectations of him immediately shattered. While speaking with ET Online, she said they got along quite easily.
It surprised me how easy we got along. We took a lot of trust to make a film like this because there is no dialogue, so you have to be kinda in tune with each other, you have to listen, you have to be perceptive and really be able to pick up what the other person is putting down.
The nature of the movie helped them learn each other’s body language which is definitely cool. “I think making this film together was an intimate experience that we really enjoyed,” Nyong’o confessed. She also called Quinn “a very open, generous, funny person.”
In A Quiet Place: Day One, fans will get to see the early stages of the invasion by alien creatures with supersonic hearing. The franchise was originally created by writers Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, and director John Krasinski. The prequel is helmed by Michael Sarnoski.
Joseph Quinn Reveals John Krasinski’s Involvement In A Quiet Place: Day One
Many fans have been anticipating a third installment, but after Krasinski announced he would take a step back after directing the first two films, Sarnoski took the reins. Still, The Office actor remained involved in the project. Quinn told ET Online:
John’s involvement on this was more of a producer role. He very much delegated this third installment to [Sarnoski].
The actor said they perceived Krasinski’s presence while making the movie and they felt the responsibility to live up to the first two installments. This horror franchise has gained a cult following, and the pressure to satisfy the fans is too real.
A Quiet Place: Day One arrives in theaters on June 28.
