Kyle MacLachlan Agrees His ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Character Was Brat-Coded: “We Set The Trend”

On behalf of Brats everywhere, Kyle MacLachlan appears to be planting the seeds for a Charli XCX video set in the Lynch-ian universe.

While discussing his newfound appreciation for her sixth studio album Brat, the Golden Globe nominee reacted to memes comparing his Twin Peaks: The Return character Dougie Jones’ lime green blazer to Charli’s new aesthetic.

“Love that. Funny enough, I hadn’t even thought about that until I saw it,” MacLachlan told GQ. “I was like, Oh my god, we set the trend.”

In Showtime’s 2017 Twin Peaks revival, MacLachlan reprised his role as FBI Agent Dale Cooper, as well as his dark doppelganger and Dougie, who was a tulpa created by the doppelganger to avoid returning to the Black Lodge.

MacLachlan previously portrayed the special agent in Twin Peaks, which ran for two seasons from 1990 to 1991, followed by the 1992 prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. David Lynch‘s original series followed Cooper as he traveled to the small titular logging town to investigate the murder of local teenager Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).

“Well, David is a man outside of our world and our time,” said MacLachlan. “And he is so incredibly creative and important in my life, of course. He has such a great sense of humor himself. I think he’s one of the reasons we get along so well. We just both have this odd sense of humor.”

These days, MacLachlan is building quite the TikTok following with the help of his creative team, who he credited with introducing him to pop icons like Charli, Lorde and Chappell Roan.

The Sex and the City alum said he’s “flattered” to be embraced by a new generation, thanks to social media. “Once I understood ‘babygirl’ then everything fell into place,” said MacLachlan.