Key explained toNPRthat they immediately clicked, and it made sense to begin working together on skits and ideas.
It turns out the idea of working together was all Peele’s.
Key was on board.
“And I went ‘you are a genius,'” he said.
He answered, “I would want to be Jason Bourne.
And I would want to do Shakespeare.”
I’ve been taking baby steps into this new path.
You’re looking through the forest going, ‘It’s a little hairy down there.'"
Key also realized that once upon a time, performing comedy was scary, too.
“But it was a little hairy when you started doing the comedy,” he said.
“Why would it be any different?
I bet this wooded path opens up into a gorgeous clearing.
You just have to work yourself up to it.”
Key went for his dreams, landing decidedly non-comedic roles in stage productions like Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”
He also starred in the 2018 science action film “The Predator.”
Key told The Title Mag that he really poured a lot into the film.
The character feels that same way, just with higher stakes.
You still have something to link into emotionally."
