In the few short years since he has risen to a household name level of fame, Daniel Kaluuya has cemented his reputation as a serious actor. Despite the comedic elements of "Get Out," it's a movie that deals in heavy topics. But that doesn't mean that a skill used by comedians all the time wasn't incredibly important to Kaluuya's performance in Jordan Peele's thrilling debut.
Before his film acting days, Kaluuya had some training in improvisation. As it turned out, improv became a useful skill on the set of "Get Out." In an interview with SlashFilm, Kaluuya said that "a majority of the film was improvised, a lot of stuff made up in a day."
The actor said that a good amount of the scenes changed in subtle and overt ways from the page to the screen. This improv-heavy environment got the cast to exude the natural vibe that sells the unnatural events that come later in the film. "I think everyone knew where their character arcs were going," Kaluuya said, "so people were kind of managers of their characters and mapping that."
