Angel Torres, the Fry’s Electronics tech guy who joins forces with Oj and Em as they take on unimaginable forces in Jordan Peele’s “Nope,” which just notched a WGA Award nomination, was written as more of a cheery, can-do guy. But that didn’t seem right to Brandon Perea, who brought a more downbeat, angsty approach to the role.
“No one is really happy to be working at a tech store,” says Perea, who with his brothers used to run into Fry’s to check out all things video-game related and never encountered a gung-ho employee. “That was a real place for me.”
Additionally, Perea says, “My cheat code for this role was my brothers: one is a computer tech for Dell who goes to businesses and fixes problems. I hear all these stories like, ‘These people try to sound like they know what they’re talking about and it’s so annoying.
“No one is really happy to be working at a tech store,” says Perea, who with his brothers used to run into Fry’s to check out all things video-game related and never encountered a gung-ho employee. “That was a real place for me.”
Additionally, Perea says, “My cheat code for this role was my brothers: one is a computer tech for Dell who goes to businesses and fixes problems. I hear all these stories like, ‘These people try to sound like they know what they’re talking about and it’s so annoying.
- 1/28/2023
- by Stuart Miller
- Variety Film + TV
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