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Fans of Jordan Peele ‘s Us may be surprised to learn the horror film has a connection to TV’s Friends
Twins Cali and Noelle Sheldon, 16, star in the film as Becca and Lindsey Tyler, the daughters of Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker’s characters Kitty and Josh.
However, they also played Ross and Rachel’s baby Emma in seasons nine and 10 of Friends . Us marks their first major onscreen role since the TV series.
Us scored the highest grossing opening weekend for an original horror, generating $70 million (£53 million).
The record was previously held by A Quiet Place
Show all 10 1 /10The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us Dead Again Jordan Peele was clearly influenced by the scissor scene in Dead Again. The 1991 movie was directed by Kenneth Branagh and starred his then-wife Emma Thompson, as the murder victim whose husband (Branagh) is found guilty of the crime and condemned to death. The film then jumps from 1949 to 40 years later, with private detective Mike Church (Branagh) begins to investigate the identity of a woman who appeared at the orphanage where he grew up.
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The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us The Shining Peele has mentioned on several occasions that this is an important film to him. Stanley Kubrick's famous film was adapted from Stephen King's equally famous novel, and stars Jack Nicholson as writer and recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance, who becomes the caretaker of an isolated hotel.
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The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us The Babadook A terrifying figure from a children's book becomes a living nightmare for a young boy and his mother.
The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us It Follows This 2014 supernatural psychological thriller has its characters stalked by an entity who they can only escape from by having sex with someone, who then becomes the next victim.
The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us A Tale of Two Sisters South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon made this twisted account of two sisters in the countryside who are haunted by awful visions of their late mother.
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The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us The Birds Hitchcock's classic but still-terrifying horror movie stars Tippi Hedren as Melanie, a woman who finds herself the victim of an increasing number of vicious bird attacks. Hedren's account of the gruelling film-making process, where Hitchcock went to great effort to elicit real fear from her, was turned into a movie of its own.
The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us Funny Games This dark home invasion thriller is about two men who hold a family hostage and subject them to a series of twisted games.
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The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us Martrys In this highly controversial film, a young girl escapes a slaughterhouse where she has been held captive by unknown captors. After being placed in an orphanage, she suffers terrifying visions of a disfigured woman. The film delves deeper into the world of a secret society that shares terrifying ideas about the creation of 'martyrs'.
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The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us Let the Right One In The Swedish version (although the US remake was pretty good) is about the friendship between an introverted, bullied young boy and a vampire girl.
The 10 horror films Jordan Peele told Lupita Nyong'o to watch for Us The Sixth Sense One of the best works from M Night Shyamalan, master of 'the twist', about a haunted boy sent to therapy because he 'sees dead people'.
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Us has also scored the second-highest grossing opening ever for an original R-Rated film, behind the Seth MacFarlane comedy Ted .
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