‘Nope’ Scene Stealer Brandon Perea on How His Character Changed the WGA-Nominated Script

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… Read Full Article