Nothing builds friendship fairly like homicide.
“Dexter: Resurrection” newcomers Eric Stonestreet and Peter Dinklage hit it off on set of the Paramount+ drama.
The “Modern Family” alum mirrored on their off-screen connection on the present’s world premiere in New York Metropolis on Wednesday.
“Peter and I formed quite a comedic bond,” Stonestreet, 53, solely advised The Submit on the crimson carpet. “We need to do a two-hander for sure someday.”
“Dexter: Resurrection,” a continuation of 2021’s “Dexter: New Blood,” is ready simply weeks after Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Corridor) is shot — and presumably killed — by his son, Harrison (Jack Alcott). It’s the third spin-off from the unique collection, “Dexter,” which ran for eight seasons from 2006 to 2013.
In “Resurrection,” Dexter awakens from a coma to seek out that Harrison is lacking. Decided to seek out his son and make amends, he units out for New York Metropolis.
There, he meets Leon Prater (Dinklage, 56), a billionaire enterprise capitalist and serial-killer aficionado who invitations a band of infamous murderers to his manor.
Amongst them is The Bay Harbor Butcher himself, Dexter — and Al Jolly, performed by Stonestreet.
On July 2, “The Secret Life of Pets” actor took to Instagram to share a behind-the-scenes picture of him and Dinklage in full “Resurrection” apparel.
“It’s amazing that I got to work with the great Peter Dinklage on #dexterresurrection this spring,” Stonestreet captioned his submit. “And now my former co-worker @jessetyler gets to work with him this summer in The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of “Twelfth Night.”
Stonestreet is finest identified for his Emmy Award-winning stint as Cameron Tucker on ABC’s “Modern Family” (2009-2020) reverse Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Mitchell Pritchett.
Getting ready to play a serial killer on display — a departure from his ordinary comedic roles — Stonestreet stated the expertise wasn’t “much different.”
“My character’s funny. He’s the funniest serial killer of them all, so that was refreshing to know that I was going to get to be humorous,” he defined. “I just had to create a character that people liked in order to do what my character eventually does to his victims.”
Dinklage, for his half, is well known for his function as Tyrion Lannister in “Game of Thrones” (2011-2019), which earned him 4 Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe.
The “Elf” actor is ready to affix Ferguson, Sandra Oh and Lupita Nyong’o in “Twelfth Night” on the renovated Delacorte Theater in Central Park starting August 7.
Stonestreet and Dinklage be a part of a slate of latest faces within the “Dexter” franchise, together with Uma Thurman as Charley, the top of safety to Dinklage’s Prater, and Neil Patrick Harris as Lowell.
They seem alongside an already star-studded lineup of returning solid members: Michael C. Corridor (Dexter Morgan), David Zayas (Det. Angel Batista) and James Remar (Harry Morgan).
“We all looked around the room and thought, ‘Wow, this is a cool room to be in,’” Stonestreet stated. “Never knew I’d be sitting across from Uma Thurman, a bonafide Hollywood legend, but there I was. And you got to just act like you’ve been there before, and stay cool.”
Stonestreet described the set as “more intense than other places but also full of laughter and stories.”
“The best part about being on a set is the bits and the things you do with your costars,” Stonestreet stated.
He additionally picked up a number of classes from the individuals round him — “not just acting stuff but ‘dealing with things’ stuff.”
“We can always be better at how we process things and how we deal with people,” Stonestreet stated. “A set’s a big, giant, moving organism, so there’s always a way to handle things better.”
He concluded, “I just liked watching Michael [C. Hall] navigate being No. 1 on the call sheet. I think it was awesome and impressive.”
“Dexter: Resurrection” premieres on July 11 with two episodes on Paramount+ with Showtime. Remaining episodes will launch weekly.
