Daniel Kaluuya on Producing ‘Honk for Jesus’ While Filming ‘Nope': ‘Same Intent, Just in a Different Accent’

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“Nope” actor will make his screenwriting debut on a futuristic Netflix film, “The Kitchen,” which 59% will also produce.TheWrap sat down with Kaluuya ahead of this film’s release as he discussed his passion for being on a project from early development to post-production, and how he sees acting and producing as the “same intent, just in a different accent.”Kaluuya also gave his reaction to the widespread success of “Nope,” which he filmed during production for “Honk for Jesus,” and why he’s excited that many are “embracing original cinema.”What initially drew you to this project?[The movie represented] what we stand for as a company and new voices, new perspectives, marrying interesting tone with a world that hadn’t really been married before.

There was an interesting tone and it just elevated the genre of mockumentary, in terms of the subject matter. It was fresh with depth — that’s what really felt like to me — and [those are] the kinds of projects that we want to stand for [and] champion.How was your experience been as a producer behind the scenes rather than an actor in front of the camera?It was good.

It was good. I fell in love with it because it was collaborative; you tell a story with people, and I love that about it. So it was a way to keep on doing that.

And [I] love seeing something grow, because we were on it before even Adamma said, “I want a Regina Hall type.” So to see the journey and of the project, and them as filmmakers, is always an incredible thing to witness that you don’t really get to see in the acting side of it. [With acting, you] kind of jump on and when it’s kind of built, and then you go and do your thing, and you have this incredible experience on set and then you kind of go off your way.