Blink TwiceStar Naomi Ackie Had Hilarious Reaction When Director Zoë Kravitz Brought Dad Lenny Kravitz to Set (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Zoë Kravitz and Naomi Ackie (left) and Lenny Kravitz (right).Photo:WILLIAMS & HIRAKAWA; Karwai Tang/WireImage

WILLIAMS & HIRAKAWA; Karwai Tang/WireImage

Naomi Ackiewas so flustered when she met rock legendLenny Kravitz, she shut a door in his face so she could compose herself, theBlink Twiceactress reveals to PEOPLE.

“I’d never met him before. I opened my bedroom door, and Lenny’s just there. He was like, ‘Hi, you must be Naomi. I’m Lenny.’ I was like — I shut the door,” she recalls, laughing.

She took a moment to calm down and then said, “Okay, now I’m ready,” continues Ackie, who stars opposite Zoë’s fiancé,Channing Tatum, in the thriller.

Lenny Kravitz and Zoë Kravitz on Aug. 19.John Phillips/Getty

John Phillips/Getty

Zoë jokes that Ackie probably should have asked her father, “So, why are you outside my door?”

“We had this scene that’s not in the film, with a butterfly in it. And then we had extra butterflies, and so me and my mom took the butterflies to let them be free,” recalls Zoë. “And my mom, being the amazing person that she is, the butterfly just crawled on her face and wouldn’t leave.”

“I have a picture of her eating french fries with the butterfly. I have a video of her brushing her teeth with the butterfly,” she continues.

When filming wrapped, Bonet was a “sounding board” for Zoë as she edited the movie.

Lisa Bonet in 2020.Amy Sussman/Getty

Amy Sussman/Getty

“My mother had seen a few different versions of it, giving me great notes, and feedback, and all of that,” says the director. “Not about, ‘You’re my daughter, do it like this.’ She was like, ‘That scene is really working. This is really great.’ And my dad was just going to sit back, and let me do the thing. And it was so fun to show both of them the film for the first time.”

“They’re both very proud,” Zoë says of her parents. “They both really liked the film it’s been great to have their support throughout the process.”

Blink Twicetells the story of struggling waitress Frida (Ackie) who meets a charming billionaire named Slater King (Tatum) at a black tie affair. He whisks Frida away to his private island where the idyllic setting hides the horrors that occur there.

Blink Twiceis in theaters now.

For more on Naomi Ackie and Zoë Kravitz, pick up the new issue ofPEOPLE.

source: people.com