7/1/2023 0 Comments Ufo alien invasion inflatableLately, he’s been making ends meet by selling horses to an old-timey Western theme park owned by a former child actor (Steven Yeun) with a grisly backstory. Played by Peele’s “Get Out” star Daniel Kaluuya with a wry, witty reserve, OJ’s struggling to keep the ranch afloat in an industry that these days would rather opt for CGI animals instead of the real deal. (Keith David) is killed in a freak accident, the family business falls to his flighty daughter Emerald (Keke Palmer) and sullen son Otis Junior, unfortunately nicknamed OJ. Or this could be just a charming line of hooey they’ve cooked up for the clients.Īfter Otis Haywood Sr. To hear them tell it, the Haywoods are a family of forgotten Hollywood royalty. (Also the first movie stuntman.) According to writer-director Jordan Peele’s rollicking alien invasion adventure “Nope,” the descendants of this mystery rider are currently running a California ranch while working as animal wranglers for commercials and movies. But nothing is known about the Black jockey who rode Sallie in those famous photos and was, for all intents and purposes, the first movie star. We know that the horse was named Sallie Gardner, and her owner’s name was recorded for posterity. Daniel Kaluuya as OJ Haywood in Jordan Peele's film "Nope." (Courtesy Universal Studios)Ĭonsidered by film historians to be the first motion picture, Eadweard Muybridge’s 1878 “ The Horse in Motion” was a series of sequential photographs capturing the animal at full gallop.
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