While shooting the upcoming thriller Panic Carefully in London, Brian Tyree Henry and his costar Elizabeth Olsen bonded over their mutual love of Meghan Markle’s Netflix show With Love, Meghan.
“That’s me and Lizzie’s jam,” Henry tells PEOPLE. “With the subject matter we’re dealing with on this movie, you’ve got to find the levity, you’ve got to find the fun — and we always do that.”
As a wrap gift, Olsen, 36, gave Henry, 43, some of the Duchess of Sussex’s signature flower sprinkles from the show, but he has yet to use them.
“I’m saving them because I want it to be right. You know what I mean?” he says. “I want it to be on the right thing. Maybe I’ll put it in my single skillet spaghetti, because apparently you can use it in anything. We’ll see what I haven’t put the flower sprinkles on at this point. Maybe I’ll get a stock order of flower sprinkles so I never run out.”
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in episode 105 of With Love, Meghan.
Henry says he had the “time of my life” making Panic Carefully with Olsen and their costars Julia Roberts and Eddie Redmayne.
“They’re such remarkable actors,” he says. “It’s amazing to be a part of a project where there’s such a kinship and such a love for each other’s craft and who we are as people. This movie is insane, and I can’t think of a better crew to go through it with.”
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Brian Tyree Henry in 2024.
Though Henry admits he had some “nerves” about working with Roberts for the first time, he was quickly put at ease.
“Once you hear the Julia Roberts laugh, it just cuts through everything,” Henry says. “You’re just like, ‘Great, all right, we’re all safe. It’s all going to be good.’ She elevates everything she’s a part of. She’s a legend, and she is truly the epitome of care.”
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Brian Tyree Henry in ‘Dope Thief’
In addition to making Panic Carefully, Henry has been busy promoting his AppleTV+ series Dope Thief. In the show, he stars as Ray, a Philadelphia man who lands himself in hot water after posing as a DEA agent to rob drug dealers.
“I’ve had so much joy making this show,” he says. “It’s hard to believe, but I truly love going to set to be shot at and chased, crying for my life. It was the most gratifying experience I’ve had with a project thus far.”
New episodes of Dope Thief drop every Friday on AppleTV+.
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