“We based that character on this insane man,” director Olivia Wilde revealed in a new interview.

(The term “incel” is a shortened version of “involuntarily celibate.")

“Well, they must be psyched,” Gyllenhaal replied.

Olivia Wilde, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine in ‘Don’t Worry Darling’

Olivia Wilde, Nick Kroll, and Chris Pine in ‘Don’t Worry Darling’.Warner Bros. Pictures

“Things are going really well for them.”

Peterson is a Canadian intellectual and the author of books like12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.

Read Wilde and Gyllenhaal’sfullInterviewconversationfor more.Don’t Worry Darlinghit theaters Sept. 23.