What’s it really about?
How does the chimp fit in?
And where can you buy a Scorpion King hoodie?
Daniel Kaluuya in ‘Nope’.Universal Pictures
Warning: This story contains spoilers forNope.
(And how nice it is to get a summer blockbuster that makes us think a little.)
Below, our stabs at answers to the queries that are no doubtcloudingyour mind.
Keith David in ‘Nope’.Universal Pictures
What is Nope really all about?
He’s the first ever “movie star” repeatedly referenced in the film.
Is that jockey nameless?
Glen Wilson/Universal Pictures
No more: Now he has an extended family of descendants, including OJ and Emerald.
“I’m most proud in how we addressed this acknowledgement of the first actor, right?”
“The jockey that was in the clip that no one knows.
What’s up with all the Gordy stuff?
So why did Peele include it?
And to sandwich that in this big, epic, fun blockbuster.”
Is that a real chimp?
And who is that creepy woman behind the veil?
(Sweetly, Jupe calls her his “first crush.")
Still a mystery: Why would she want to see Jupe after all these years?
She may be trying to reclaim some sort of power over the elements.
Who plays the director in the beginning?
He looks vaguely familiar.
He’s also the son ofPsycho’s Anthony Perkins.
(They share the same gangly frame.)
And the dignified dad on a horse?
Is Fry’s Electronics an actual store?
And speaking of costumes…
Can you buy a Scorpion King hoodie?
Why does Nope look and feel so majestic, visually?
Finally, can you explain that ending to us?
Emerald gets her shot just before the explosion.
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