Thames: 'Nimrods' Filmed Before 'Regretting You'
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- Mason Thames told People that he and McKenna Grace shot the Green Day-inspired 'Nimrods' first, then filmed 'Regretting You' right after its October premiere, calling the back-to-back coincidence "awesome."
- 'Nimrods' is now playing in theaters; Thames said it had felt like "my little secret" and expressed hope audiences "feel the love that was used to make this movie."
- Thames said the couple is open to working together again: "if we were ever going to do another job together, we'd want it to be so special and so awesome, so whenever that moment arises, we're going to snatch it up."
- In the film, Tommy (Thames) gets a prank call inviting his band Analog Dogs to open for Green Day on New Year's Eve in LA from older brother Wayne (Keen Ruffalo), then steals Wayne's car for a Kansas City-to-LA roadtrip with bandmates Fred (Kylr Coffman) and Chad (Ryan Foust).
- Tommy meets fellow punk Olivia (Grace) on the road and flirts after seeing her perform live; both Thames and Grace appear on the movie's soundtrack.
- Director Lee Kirk called both actors "fantastic" and "the nicest kids," noting Grace wanted to include her own song in the movie while Thames rehearsed songs written by Billie Joe Armstrong's son Jakob for the Analog Dogs.
Why it matters: The real-life couple is now two-for-two as onscreen romantic leads, and their stated openness to a third project gives their joint casting commercial appeal that individual bookings wouldn't. Kirk's reveal that the Analog Dogs' songs were written by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's son Jakob ties the film directly to the band's family and fanbase, giving the soundtrack a built-in Green Day-adjacent marketing hook.
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