Nicholas Hoult shares a “deep connection” with Toni Collette.
Nicholas Hoult loved working with his co-star
The 34-year-old actor starred alongside Toni, 51, in the 2002 comedy-drama film ‘About a Boy’, and Nicholas still has fond memories of working with the acclaimed actress.
Nicholas – who reunited with Toni to shoot ‘Juror #2’ – told ‘Extra’: “I was thrilled. I mean, getting to work with Toni as a kid when I was 11 … I mean, she just set such a wonderful example for me then and took such great care of me.
“I feel like we got a deep connection and bond from all those years ago but then also, like, you know, now as adults getting to work together, and just appreciate the light and joy she brings into the world as well because she’s such a wonderful person to be around.”
Nicholas also relished the experience of working with Clint Eastwood, the director of ‘Juror #2’.
The actor initially couldn’t believe that the Hollywood icon wanted to work with him.
He shared: “I was, like, blown away, first of all, when my agents called me and said that, ‘Oh, Clint wants to speak to you.’ I was like, ‘This has to be a mistake. How does he know who I am? What’s happening here? Is this some sort of a sick prank that my agents are playing on me?’
“All the movies he’s directed that are so iconic in every way, he’s just such a huge part of cinema, and so to get to spend time with him as a person and learn and watch how he crafts the stories he does, but also the community and the person he is behind the scenes and how he values people and their contribution and trusts them and gives them the space to explore and create.
“He’s an incredibly special person.”