{"id":594652,"date":"2026-08-16T03:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594652\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T03:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T03:16:09","slug":"mason-thames-on-working-with-mckenna-grace-in-nimrods-regretting-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/594652\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason Thames On Working With McKenna Grace In ‘Nimrods’, ‘Regretting You’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNearly a year after they first appeared onscreen together in Regretting You<\/a>, Mason Thames<\/a> and McKenna Grace<\/a> are playing romantic opposites again.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing Colleen Hoover romance\u2019s premiere last October, Thames recently revealed he had already worked with Grace on the Green Day-inspired movie Nimrods<\/a>, which is now playing in theaters.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSo we did Green Day first. Green Day movie first, and then we did Regretting You right after,\u201d he explained to People<\/a>. \u201cBut it was just so wild. The coincidence of two back-to-back is awesome and we love it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThames added, \u201cI\u2019m so happy that we can finally release it to everybody, because it\u2019s felt like my little secret and my little experience, but I really hope people go to see it and feel the love that was used to make this movie, because I\u2019m really happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter playing romantic opposites twice now, the real-life couple is open to working together again. \u201cIf we were ever going to do another job together, we\u2019d want it to be so special and so awesome, so whenever that moment arises, we\u2019re going to snatch it up,\u201d said Thames.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMason Thames and McKenna Grace in \u2018Nimrods\u2019 (2025) (Inaugural Entertainment\/Courtesy Everett Collection)<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Nimrods, Tommy (Thames) receives a call inviting him and his band Analog Dogs to open for Green Day on New Year\u2019s Eve in Los Angeles. Not realizing it\u2019s his older brother Wayne (Keen Ruffalo) pulling an elaborate prank, Tommy steals Wayne\u2019s car and sets off on a cross-country roadtrip from Kansas City with his bandmates Fred (Kylr Coffman) and Chad (Ryan Foust).<\/p>\n

\n\tAlong the way, Tommy meets fellow punk Olivia (Grace) and strikes up a flirtation after seeing her perform live. Both Thames and Grace appear on the movie\u2019s soundtrack.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI mean, those kids are fantastic. They can do anything<\/a>,\u201d raved co-writer\/director Lee Kirk to Deadline. \u201cAnd they\u2019re the nicest kids, creative kids, very eager. They were up for whatever we wanted to do. I was so lucky that McKenna wanted to do it and she wanted to put her song in the movie. I just felt like it gave it some authenticity to it, and Mason with his singing, he rehearsed, he worked on those songs, which were written by Billie Joe [Armstrong\u2019s] son, by the way. Yeah, Jakob wrote those songs for the Analog Dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n