They’ll likely be texting each other on Oscar night.
The cast of Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic “Oppenheimer” stays tight via a text group they call “Oppenhomies” — which started when actor Jack Quaid got stranded filming in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
“It’s like my biggest claim to fame at this point… starting a huge text chain,” Quaid said during an impromptu panel for author Jada Yuan’s “Unleashing Oppenheimer: Inside Christopher Nolan’s Atomic-Age Thriller” at a private Brooklyn home last weekend.
The actor — who also stars in the hit show, “The Boys” — recalled how he’d taken an Uber from his Hampton Inn while filming the Nolan drama to a local grocery store, then realized he had no way to get back.
“I’m leaving, I have my cartful of groceries, I’m on my phone and I realize I was very lucky to get that Uber… because there’s no Uber,” said Quaid, 31. “So I steal this grocery cart and I’m rolling it down the highway back to the hotel. That’s when I was like, ‘All right, I need a rental car and maybe we should start a text chain.’”
Quaid — the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan — eventually rented a mini-van while shooting. “I was a bus driver, essentially,” he said with a laugh.
Co-stars David Krumholtz, Devon Bostick and Olli Haaskivi also stopped by the Brooklyn book party.
“I would argue that ‘Oppenhomies’ is a way of life more than a text thread,” mused Haaskivi, who plays scientist Edward Condon in the film that has eight Golden Globe nominations.
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The group said that co-star Kenneth Branagh, 63, is not on the chat, though in their hearts he is.
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