Jack Quaid, star of Prime Video's The Boys, wants to set the record straight about his role in an Oppenheimer legend.
The 32-year-old followed in the footsteps of his famous parents, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, into the world of acting, and has had plenty of success, including a role in the Oscar-winning movie, Oppenheimer.
The film told the story of nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer who helped create the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, eventually bringing about the end of World War II and the aftermath of living with the consequences of such an action. Quaid played theoretical physicist, Richard Feynman, in the 2023 movie.
"I'm going to count my blessings that I was on that project till the day I die," Quaid told Josh Horowitz on his Happy Sad Confused podcast. "Granted, I'm a small part, but I don't care it's the greatest ensemble to be a part of. I'm just thrilled that I'm in one frame of that movie."
Quaid added that he was "lucky" to be part of such a great crew of actors, who have remained friends, mostly through the much-talked about "Oppenhomies" group chat.
The actor admitted that while he started the group chat for everyone to be a part of, he could not take credit for the clever name.
"But I did not name it 'Oppenhomies,' that was Olivia Thirlby, just to set the record completely straight," he explained. "But we still all keep in touch with each other, we really do. It's a really great group of actors and a really great group of people."
Thirlby, who also appeared in the 2007 movie Juno, played scientist Lilli Hornig in the movie, who in real life worked on the Manhattan Project— the program led by Oppenheimer to build nuclear weapons.
Quaid went on to talk about how the "Oppenhomies" group chat became its own news story, and was even referenced by lead actor Cillian Murphy himself when accepting his Best Actor Bafta—the British Oscars—for portraying the famous physicist.
The Irish actor was just one of many of the big stars who had spoken about "Oppenhomies" publicly.
"I think it achieved another level when it started to be talked about in awards speeches, or when Emily (Blunt) or (Robert) Downey Jr. were actually referencing it, and it was like 'oh wow, this silly, little text group has become the center of pop culture. How did we get here?'" Quaid said.
"I mean watching, Cillian accepting awards by going up and saying 'Oppenhomies' with that Irish accent was just the greatest thing in the world. It really is."
Oppenheimer won seven Academy Awards at this year's Oscars, including best picture.
But being in an Oscar-winning movie was not the only time Quaid was involved in the year's ceremony, he also announced the nominees at a special presentation alongside actress Zazie Beetz in January.
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