Mckenna Grace Recalls Best Advice Carrie Coon Gave Her on Set

Mckenna Grace has retained one piece of advice given to her by veteran actor Carrie Coon during their time filming together. The “Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” star was recently asked on Cosmopolitan what the best advice a seasoned actor had ever given them. Without much thought, she recalled a lesson Coon imparted to her years ago on a set while they were working on one of the “Ghostbusters” sequels.

Grace recounted, "I remember when I was a kid, Carrie Coon told me that I'm allowed to ask to go to the bathroom." She added, "It's like, which I feel like is a weirdly like – you don't expect." Grace noted that as a child, it was strange to think she could request to use the restroom without it causing chaos on set. She elaborated, "I mean it's for sure like, you don't expect being so nervous, like sitting on set and if they don't get the shot, then it's going to ruin the day.

And if I don't do this and if I go and ask to use the bathroom, I'm just going to sit here and pee myself at this point because then I'm not going to mess up everybody else's day." Coon and Grace, who plays Callie Spengler and Phoebe respectively, have worked together in 2021's "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" and 2024's "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire."

Grace's career has been consistently strong, but it has surged in recent years. She portrays Maysilee Donner in the "Hunger Games" prequel, which narrates the second Quarter Quell, and is set to star in the upcoming "Scooby-Doo" series for Netflix. "Sunrise on the Reaping" is slated to hit theaters on November 20.