{"id":7675,"date":"2024-09-17T23:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T23:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7675"},"modified":"2024-09-17T23:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T23:09:16","slug":"travis-kelce-is-awesome-in-grotesquerie-says-costar-nicholas-chavez-guys-a-star-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=7675","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Is \u2018Awesome\u2019 in Grotesquerie, Says Costar Nicholas Chavez: \u2018Guy’s a Star\u2019 (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cHe handled the material like a pro,” Chavez told PEOPLE of filming the Ryan Murphy horror series with the NFL star<\/p>\n

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Travis Kelce<\/a>\u00a0is impressing with his acting skills!<\/p>\n

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Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the Los Angeles premiere of\u00a0Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story<\/em><\/a>\u00a0on Monday, Sept. 16,\u00a0Nicholas Chavez<\/a>\u00a0says that Kelce\u2019s turn in another of\u00a0Ryan Murphy<\/a>‘s creations \u2013 the upcoming horror series,\u00a0Grotesquerie<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 is a triumph.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe has such an exciting character in this show, and I think that people should be looking forward to seeing Travis shine because guy’s a star,\u201d continues Chavez, 25, who adds that he “really enjoyed getting to know” the 34-year-old on the set.<\/p>\n

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As for what Kelce\u2019s acting chops are like, Chavez teases that \u201cHe handled the material like a pro. He\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe’s a friendly and cool guy,\u201d he tells PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

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Nicholas Alexander Chavez at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’.<\/span><\/p>\n

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While the details of Kelce’s character remain unknown, Chavez stars as Father Charlie Mayhew in the FX series, which is led by\u00a0Niecy Nash-Betts<\/a>\u00a0as Detective Lois Tryon, who finds her small town unsettled by a “series of heinous crimes” that she feels are “eerily personal,” per the official description.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this month, an exclusive source\u00a0told PEOPLE<\/a>\u00a0that Kelce quickly earned Nash-Betts\u2019 seal of approval while they were filiming the show.<\/p>\n

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“They had the best time filming. She just adores him,” the insider said of Nash-Betts, 54. “[Travis] was super happy on set and he and Niecy vibed really well, nothing felt forced.”<\/p>\n

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Travis Kelce in ‘Grotesquerie’.<\/span>FX Networks\/Youtube<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The source added that the actress is “the type to make her mind up about people pretty quickly,\u201d and Kelce “got an automatic green light from her.”<\/p>\n

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Back in May, Kelce admitted that he was\u00a0\u201cshocked\u201d<\/a>\u00a0to have landed the role during an episode of his\u00a0New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce<\/em><\/a>\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n

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“It’s been so much fun,” he said of filming, which he was in the middle of while recording the episode. “Ryan Murphy is [an] unbelievable writer, director, producer, all of the above, man. He’s just \u2014 there’s nothing he can’t do and everybody’s just been so helpful in making me feel comfortable.”<\/p>\n

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Niecy Nash-Betts and Travis Kelce.<\/span>Amy Sussman\/Getty; Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The NFL star went on to share that his lack of acting experience made him feel a \u201cjabroni\u201d on set.<\/p>\n

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“I feel like an amateur,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd, uh, I haven’t gotten fired yet so we’re doing good. They haven’t told me to f—ing kick rocks after the first week, so it’s been awesome.”<\/p>\n

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“I was kinda blown away and kinda, like, shocked that he was willing to give me a role like this, because it is a big role on the show,” he added of Murphy. “He seemed very confident that I’d be able to do this and he kinda injected that in me the first conversation that we had. So hopefully I don’t bomb this for him.”<\/p>\n

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