Tim Heidecker Joins Lupita Nyong’o, Elisabeth Moss In Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’
Jordan Peele’s upcoming thrillerUshas added another actor to its star-studded cast.Tim Heideckerhas joined the cast, joining the likes ofLupita Nyong’o, Elisabeth MossandWinston Dukein Peele’s highly anticipated follow-up to his ground-breaking horror hit,Get Out.
Heidecker has joined theUscast in a mystery role for which details are being kept under wraps, according toVariety.
Heidecker is a comedian and writer who is probably best known as one half of the comedy duo Tim & Eric, along with Eric Wareheim. As Tim & Eric, Heidecker has helped co-create comedy TV shows such asTom Goes to the Mayor, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,andTim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories. But Heidecker is not a stranger to horror. InTim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories, he writes and acts in a horror-comedy anthology series heavily influenced byThe Twilight Zone.
But it may be Heidecker’s comedy acumen that got him the role inUs,as Peele came from the comedy world before making his breakout directorial debut withGet Out. While Peele hasconfirmedthatUswould be another film in the horror genre, the director suggested he would play with several genres in his sophomore effort:
“One thing I know is that this is genre, and playing around with the thriller, horror, action, fun, genre of intrigue is my favorite. That’s my sweet spot. So I think tonally it should resembleGet Out. That said, I want to make a completely different movie. I want to address something different than race in the next one.”
Uswill mark Peele’sfirst return to directingsinceGet Out, which already makes it an immediate must-see movie.Get Outwas a brilliant and subversive horror film that doubled as a social thriller, going on to rake in $255.5 million worldwide and becoming a bonafide cultural phenomenon in the process. And with a cast of heavy hitters like the Oscar-nominated Nyong’o, Emmy-winning Moss, andBlack Pantherbreakout Winston Duke,Uscould very well live up to Peele’s explosive debut.
