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Nicholas Hoult reveals the NSFW nickname Clint Eastwood gave him

Nicholas Hoult reveals the NSFW nickname Clint Eastwood gave him

It turns out that Clint Eastwood really enjoyed Nicholas Hoult’s performance The great.

When Hoult, 35, performed Late Night with Seth Meyers’ Thursday, December 19th episode to promote his film Nosferatuthe actor told host Seth Meyers that Eastwood, 94, gave him a humorous NSFW nickname on set Juror #2 based on Hoult’s satirical Hulu series.

“Oh, it was magical,” Hoult said of working with the legendary Eastwood Juror #2Eastwood’s latest film as a director. “I mean, it’s cinema in a lot of ways. The performances he has given, the films he has directed and created, there is something like a flow and a relaxed nature to it.”

The actor also noted that Eastwood has “a wicked sense of humor.” “I found out about this because he gave me the nickname Captain Lingus,” he told Meyers, 50. “Cunnilingus.”

“I called because he had seen a show The great and my character in it is said to be very good – he calls it his ‘tongue trick,'” Hoult added. “And Clint really liked the show, and when I went to set he would greet me in the morning and say, ‘Cap’n Lingus.’ And this memory will stay with me forever, and I want you to call me that from now on.

Nicholas Hoult and Clint Eastwood.

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Hoult played the lead role The great with Elle Fanning. The series served as a satirical, light-hearted retelling of the young life of the 18th-century Russian Empress Catherine the Great. Hoult portrayed Catherine’s husband, Emperor Peter III, in the three seasons.

“I just love that Clint Eastwood has a Hulu login in this story,” Meyers joked during his conversation with Hoult. “It’s just really funny to imagine him saying, ‘Ah, I have to get on Hulu.’ “

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Hoult praised Eastwood’s versatility as a filmmaker when he spoke to PEOPLE in November, noting that the Hollywood legend and jazz musician “wrote the music for many of his films, so his films have their own rhythm and pace because of his musicality. “”

Nicholas Hoult and Clint Eastwood on the set of Juror #2.

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“He’s just an incredibly talented and kind man,” Hoult said of Eastwood at the time. “I was very fortunate to spend time with him and work with him. He is very funny. He has a sharp mind, a dry sense of humor, and that was great too because we would laugh a lot.”

Juror #2 is now streaming on Max.

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