Nico Parker, 14, is the daughter of Thandie Newton and director Ol Parker (Mama Mia, Here We Go Again). Thandie and Ol have been married 21 years! Nico is starring in the Dumbo remake, and everyone is commenting about how much she looks like her mom. She sounds like her too! I saw the cutest tweet that Nico stole her mom’s face. She was a guest on Colbert this week and she was funny and seemed comfortable with being interviewed. She joked about how she’s learning to walk a red carpet like her mom and she said she doesn’t think she looks like her!
On her mom’s red carpet persona
She’s like a salamander she just doesn’t blink at all
“You look remarkably like [your mom]. I’m sure someone has told you that”
I get told that a lot. I don’t see it. We’re similar. *shrugs*
On thinking Oprah was the queen of the world
I get to meet some cool people. When I was [three] my family stayed with Oprah. I didn’t know who she was. I asked ‘who is Oprah?’ My mom was like ‘She’s the queen of the world.’ I then for a long time believed that Oprah was the queen of the world.
“Have you seen Dumbo before?”
I’ve seen it a lot growing up. My mom would always cry when Dumbo loses his mom. It’s very sad but I never understood it. Then I watched it back recently. It was really sad.
That was a cute story about how she thought Oprah was the queen of the world! Also, she’s a doppelganger for her mom but she doesn’t think she looks like her! That’s such a teenager thing to say and think. It’s cute that she watched Dumbo so often when she was young. At first I thought her dad was directing the remake, but it’s by Tim Burton. This was the first interview I’ve seen with Nico and she came across so well. She’s on Instagram (thanks Bluesky) but her account is very work-focused and she hasn’t posted much.
Here’s the interview!
Photos credit: WENN
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