Nope
Otis Haywood dies in Nope’s opening act, but the aftermath of his sudden demise looms heavily over all of Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror film. Not only is he the father of main characters O.J. (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer), he’s the driving force behind their Hollywood horse-training business. When he’s gone, the siblings are suddenly without the rock-solid presence that’s been keeping their family legacy afloat. Otis is also the first on-screen casualty of Jean Jacket—killed by random objects turned into deadly projectiles after being ejected from the airborne alien’s slurping maw—and that gives his kids motivation to get some payback.
