Warning: This story contains spoilers forNope.
Jordan Peeleis finally ready to talk about UFOs.
And then the project that comes from that is somewhat aspirational.
Jordan Peele on the set of ‘Nope.'.Glen Wilson/Universal Pictures
And so it has to be about the journey that I’m taking the audience on.
That’s all wrapped up in this movie.
In a lot of ways, it’s about Hollywood."
Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Brandon Perea in ‘Nope’.Universal Pictures
Peele lives for subtext.
His movies are delivery devices to bring us there.
Haunted and grieving, the Haywoods keep up their ranch work, their eyes tilted upward.
Steven Yeun as Ricky ‘Jupe’ Park in ‘Nope’.Universal Pictures
Things don’t stay peaceful for long.
Palmer, 28, says it was a matter of projecting backward into an unseen family history.
A lot of trust."
“He’s dealing with his own demons and he’s looking for some sort of purpose.”
“Especially when you’re that young going into it.
How many layers and masks and shells are you living behind?
And it takes years to chip that away.”
This is the metaphorical ground Peele is happiest on also because he’s no longer talking about flying saucers.
“We went deep and we went hard,” he says of his work with the actors.
“The word I said the most on set wasspectacle.
A lot of our analysis dealt with spectacle and this business of spectacle.
I love duality.”
Watch EW’s complete roundtable in the video above.
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