February 20, 2017
Actor David Oyelowo says his children are not impressed with
any of his films like they are with "The Cloverfield Paradox".
David is
married to actress Jessica Oyelowo with whom he shares four children -- three
sons and a daughter. He essays the role of an astronaut in the Netflix's science
fiction horror film.
"I have three sons and I've done a lot of films that
are, you know, historical characters and are in important movies. Those movies
do not impress my children at all," David said in a statement.
He added:
"This on the other hand. (The reaction from his children was) 'Woah dad, that's
amazing, that's awesome'. So yes, that's the reason alone, to do this. Them
coming to visit me on set. I mean they had the best time. Seeing me in that
space suit hanging upside down, the whole thing," he added.
Talking about
the movie, the "Selma" star said: "The incremental 'shock-ed-ness' that you know
we have in this film is really quite something so my kids like that as well."
"The Cloverfield Paradox" tells the story of a group of international
astronauts on a space station, where they are working to solve a massive energy
crisis on Earth. The experimental technology aboard the station has an
unexpected result, leaving the team isolated and fighting for their survival.
Directed by Julius Onah from a story by Oren Uziel and Doug Jung, the film
is produced by J.J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber.
It also stars Daniel Bruhl,
Roger Davies, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd,
John Ortiz and Zhang Ziyi.