Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn’s son stars in Black Mirror – but did you spot him? The famous Dark Series is an anthology series where each episode depicts a (sometimes) unsettling situation – and Wyatt Russell’s episode is possibly the scariest of them all. Find out more…
The actor, 36, has starred in a number of stellar projects, including The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Overlord and Lodge 49. But he’s perhaps best remembered for Charlie’s outdated Netflix show Brooker, where he played Cooper Redfield in an episode of Playtest.
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The episode in which Wyatt mostly stars alone, is about a young man who travels after the death of his father, persistently ignoring his mother’s calls. For a small amount of money, he agrees to test new virtual reality software for a horror game that connects to your mind and creates the scariest situations. We won’t divulge any spoilers here, but Wyatt definitely has one of the darker ones!
Discussing the role, he told The Hollywood Reporter: “I was a fan of the movie before I had anything to do with it. A year ago, I was in Atlanta shooting the movie and I started watching it and I loved it. I got a call saying they wanted to see me in the new season, which I didn’t even know they were doing. I said, ‘Okay.’
© Laurie Sparham/NetflixBlack Mirror Playtest episode starring Wyatt as Cooper
“I talked to Dan [Trachtenberg] on Skype for a few hours. He is a huge fan of the genre and video games. I’m not a video game fanatic, but I love that genre of film and that world. We had a meeting and he liked it.”
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Speaking of following in his parents’ acting footsteps, Wyatt, a professional hockey player before turning to acting in his 20s, said: “My parents were actors and they never were. bringing work home. I didn’t even know what kind of people they were. did until I was about ten years old. We never talked about it.”
© Steve GranitzOliver Hudson, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson and Wyatt Russell to Goldie Hawn Annual Goldie’s Love In For Kids
He added to the New York Post: “The way people react to you is not how people react to your parents. [My family background] Of course, that helps because my parents are good people – but it doesn’t help me think about what they would do… They’re not in my situation, and I’m not in theirs. ”
The star has been married twice and has a son Buddy with his wife, actress Meredith Hagner. The half-brother of Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson, little Buddy is the last of Goldie’s seven grandchildren!
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