Nick Krollis having a laugh about the attention onbehind-the-scene rumors surroundinghis new movie.The comedian, 44, plays director/starOlivia Wilde’s character Bunny’s husband Dean inDon’t Worry Darling, which debuted at No. 1 at the domestic box office over the weekend. While onThe Tonight ShowMonday, Krolljoked to hostJimmy Fallon that he is the mastermind behind the headlines to help promote the project.“The movie, if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a thriller, and I think the less you know about the movie going in the better so that when you’re watching it it’s all new and surprising. So I decided let’s make a lot of buzz around the film but not about the film itself, right? I’m the puppeteer.“Kroll joked that he encouraged costarHarry Stylesto spit on cast mateChris Pineat the Venice Film Festival premiere to drum up viral internet fodder. (Pine’srep denied that Styles spit on himafter speculation, and the pop starjoked about the situation at a concertdays later.)Warner Bros. PicturesNever miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday.“I was like, ‘Hey Harry, you know what would be a great idea? When you walk into the premiere at Venice, spit onChris Pine.’ And he was like, ‘Got it,’ but then he was like, ‘I don’t know if that’s gonna work,’ " Kroll joked, adding of their smooch after the screening: “Then I was like, ‘Maybe you should just, you know, give me a kiss.’ “Cast ofDon’t Worry Darling(2022).Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty"And then I asked him to spit in my mouth,” Kroll added. “He wouldn’t do that. He’s got boundaries. But it ended up working.“Wilde, 38, recently said onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertthat Styles, 28,did not, in fact, spit on Pine, 42. She referred to it as one of the “weird rumors” surrounding the film. “I think it’s a perfect example of like: people will look for drama anywhere they can,” said Wilde.Don’t Worry Darling— which also stars Florence Pugh, Gemma Chan, Kiki Layne, Sydney Chandler and Douglas Smith — is now playing in theaters.
Nick Krollis having a laugh about the attention onbehind-the-scene rumors surroundinghis new movie.
The comedian, 44, plays director/starOlivia Wilde’s character Bunny’s husband Dean inDon’t Worry Darling, which debuted at No. 1 at the domestic box office over the weekend. While onThe Tonight ShowMonday, Krolljoked to hostJimmy Fallon that he is the mastermind behind the headlines to help promote the project.
“The movie, if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a thriller, and I think the less you know about the movie going in the better so that when you’re watching it it’s all new and surprising. So I decided let’s make a lot of buzz around the film but not about the film itself, right? I’m the puppeteer.”
Kroll joked that he encouraged costarHarry Stylesto spit on cast mateChris Pineat the Venice Film Festival premiere to drum up viral internet fodder. (Pine’srep denied that Styles spit on himafter speculation, and the pop starjoked about the situation at a concertdays later.)
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“I was like, ‘Hey Harry, you know what would be a great idea? When you walk into the premiere at Venice, spit onChris Pine.’ And he was like, ‘Got it,’ but then he was like, ‘I don’t know if that’s gonna work,’ " Kroll joked, adding of their smooch after the screening: “Then I was like, ‘Maybe you should just, you know, give me a kiss.’ "
Cast ofDon’t Worry Darling(2022).Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
“And then I asked him to spit in my mouth,” Kroll added. “He wouldn’t do that. He’s got boundaries. But it ended up working.”
Wilde, 38, recently said onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertthat Styles, 28,did not, in fact, spit on Pine, 42. She referred to it as one of the “weird rumors” surrounding the film. “I think it’s a perfect example of like: people will look for drama anywhere they can,” said Wilde.
Don’t Worry Darling— which also stars Florence Pugh, Gemma Chan, Kiki Layne, Sydney Chandler and Douglas Smith — is now playing in theaters.
source: people.com
