Upgraded's Archie Renaux says chemistry with Camila Mendes came "pretty naturally"
Shadow and Bone star Archie Renaux is back in the rom-com genre with new Prime Video movie Upgraded, which is released tomorrow (February 9).
The movie sees Renaux team up with Riverdale star Camila Mendes in a classic rom-com story of a meet-cute on a plane that leads to a case of mistaken identity as Ana (Mendes) pretends to be a high-powered art boss.
Talking to Digital Spy, Renaux explained how the chemistry with Mendes was "pretty easy" to develop, even before filming.
"I find [it] easy to get to know a person quickly [by having] a little bit of a laugh and a joke around. That came pretty naturally, she's a lot of fun. It was really easy and we were bouncing off each other right away," he praised.
"We needed that in this film to have that bouncy banter and to ping off each other, it was straightforward to get to that."
Mendes agreed with her co-star, adding that working with Renaux was something she wanted to do given that the duo share the same manager.
"I was always like, 'He's such a cutie, I have such a little crush'," she joked to Digital Spy. "So as soon as [my manager] was like, 'We should bring him onto this project', I was like, 'Absolutely, yes'.
"She put us in touch over a group text and he and I just texted for months leading up to the film to get to know each other and create a little bit of a banter so we have enough chemistry going into it, and there was some familiarity."
Upgraded also marks the first time that Mendes has been an executive producer on a movie, which she found was helped by her seven years working on Riverdale.
"Being on a show for that long and working with several directors and always interacting with the producers, I naturally picked up a skillset that I didn't know I truly had until I was thrown into this experience," she noted.
Upgraded is released on Prime Video on February 9.
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