Wyatt Russell and spouse Meredith Hagner will quickly be welcoming child no. 2 into their household, and everyone seems to be trying ahead to the large journey.
Russell walked the purple carpet on the premiere of his new horror movie Evening Swim, held on the Lodge Figueroa in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and he spoke with ET’s Ash Crossan about increasing his lovable household.
“Close! We’re close,” Russell exclaimed. “We’re getting close to the any-day-now phase.”
Russell walked the carpet along with his ladylove — who confirmed off her sizable child bump in a black costume — and the pair have been all smiles as they posed for images forward of the premiere.
In line with the expectant dad, the couple’s younger son, Buddy, is trying ahead to having a sibling as nicely.
“You know, he’s 3, so he’s as ready as he can be,” Russell shared. “I think he understands what’s gonna happen. He’s a pretty smart little guy.”
“I think we’re definitely doing our best to prepare him for the fact that, like, there will be another human being living in our home,” he added. “But I think he’s excited about it.”
Earlier than Russell and Hagner welcome child no. 2, Russell’s new movie, Evening Swim, might be hitting theaters.
The movie — from author/director Bryce McGuire — tells the story of the Waller Household, who transfer into a brand new house, however quickly uncover {that a} malevolent, supernatural power is haunting their pool.
“That’s what makes good horror,” Russell mentioned, explaining that it may be very efficient while you “take something very inane and mundane” and infuse it with surprising hazard.
“Everybody, you know, has been in a swimming pool, for the most part, or seen a swimming pool, and the only thing you can do is hit your head and fall in — that’s the danger,” Russell mentioned. “But when there’s something lurking underneath, everybody [has had that fear]. I had it as a kid — where you jump in the pool at night and you’re like, ‘Did something creep up the drain?’ And so you play on that.”
“It’s a movie I can’t believe never got made or didn’t get made before in different iterations,” he added. “So I’m excited to bring it to life.”
Evening Swim surfaces in theaters Jan. 5.
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