'He hates movies': Adam Driver says his six-year-old son has 'no interest' in watching his new film '65'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Adam Driver has shared that his six-year-old son is not a big fan of movies. During his appearance on 'Late Night with Seth Meyers,' the ‘Star Wars’ actor revealed that “[he] has no interest in watching” his new film ’65.’ "So, I was with my family all the time and my son was just telling me everything about every dinosaur," he shared.
Emphasizing that the movie includes "dinosaurs and laser guns", the Oscars nominee added, "And he's into dinosaurs. I'm like, 'I'm in. And then we went [to set] and he kind of knew everything. The guy was like, 'This might be a little scary. Don't be scared.' He's like, 'No ... Gallimimus...Eoraptor...' He was naming everything, he was really into it. But he doesn't want to see the movie because it's too scary. So, I basically made this thing for him to watch that he has no interest in watching," joked Driver.
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'He's like, 'oh, that's cool. I hate movies''
In '65,' the 39-year-old actor plays Commander Mills who crash-landed on Earth 65 million years ago. One can see him and his partner Koa played by Ariana Greenblatt navigating the unfamiliar planet. Fans will also witness a lot of dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts. Driver told the host that his son couldn’t care less when he revealed about the movie, "He's like, 'Oh, that's cool. I hate movies.'" He further stressed, "He hates movies. He hates them. I finally showed him Mary Poppins as his first movie and he's like, 'eh, it was okay.' "
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Driver's son, whose name he hasn’t made public, said there was a bit of consolation for him after the six-year-old invited children from their building to the premiere of ’65,’ and ‘they had great time.’ The ‘Paterson’ star tied the knot with Joanne Tucker in 2013 after the two met at Juilliard. Interestingly, they chose not to reveal their son’s birth and kept it a secret for two years. But finally, the secret was busted at the news landed on Page Six in 2018. Publicly, Driver admitted to being a father during his Saturday Night Live opening monologue in 2020, according to People.
It has been speculated that Driver and Tucker are expecting their second child after the latter was seen with a baby bump in New York City.