Wyatt Russell and wife Meredith Hagner will soon welcome baby no. 2 in their family, and everyone is looking forward to the big adventure.
Russell walked the red carpet at the premiere of his new horror film Night swimmingheld Wednesday at the Figueroa Hotel in Los Angeles, and he spoke with ET’s Ash Crossan about growing his adorable family.
“Close! We’re close,” Russell exclaimed. “We’re getting closer to the any day phase.”
Russell hit the carpet with his ladylove – who showed off her big baby bump in a black dress – and the pair were all smiles as they posed for photos ahead of the premiere.
According to the future dad, the couple’s young son, Buddylooking forward to having a brother or sister too.
“You know, he’s 3 years old, so he’s as ready as he can be,” Russell said. “I think he understands what’s going to happen. He’s a pretty smart little guy.”
“I think we’re really doing our best to prepare him for the fact that there’s going to be another human being living in our house,” he added. “But I think he’s excited about it.”
Before Russell and Hagner welcomed baby no. 2, Russell’s new film, Night swimmingwill be released in theaters.
The film – from writer-director Bryce McGuire – tells the story of the Waller family, who move into a new house, but soon discover that a supernatural, malevolent force is haunting their swimming pool.
“That’s what makes good horror,” Russell said, explaining that it can be very effective when you “take something very senseless and mundane” and infuse it with unexpected danger.
“Everybody, you know, has been in a swimming pool, for the most part, or seen a swimming pool, and the only thing you can do is hit your head and fall in – that’s the danger,” Russell said. “But when there’s something lurking underneath, everyone (has had that fear). I had it when I was a kid – where you’d jump in the pool at night and you’d be like, ‘Is -did something slip into the sewers?” And so you play on that.”
“It’s a movie that I can’t believe has never been made or hasn’t been made before in different iterations,” he added. “So I’m excited to bring it to life.”
Night swimming surfaces in theaters on January 5.
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