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Josh O\u2019Connor<\/a><\/span> heard a quote once that said that Steven Spielberg was like \u201cthe director of every child\u2019s imagination.\u201d <\/p>\n The British actor may not have grown up in a moviegoing family, but he was still very aware the Spielberg thing as a \u201890s kid. It\u2019s just in our psyche, O\u2019Connor told The Associated Press in a recent interview. <\/p>\n There were Blockbuster nights, of course, with viewings of \u201cE.T.\u201d and he\u2019s since caught up with the classics. But even he was taken aback by just how ingrained those quintessential Spielberg images were on his first day shooting \u201cDisclosure Day.\u201d<\/a><\/span> They were on a backlot, he said, and there were dripping pipes and big beams of light and smoke and mist. It was an environment he recognized so vividly. All he could think was, \u201cWow, I\u2019m in a Steven Spielberg movie.\u201d<\/p>\n While very little is known about the plot of \u201cDisclosure Day,\u201d which opens in theaters on June 12, it\u2019s territory that Spielberg knows well. And it has been suggested by Emily Blunt, and confirmed by O\u2019Connor, that it answers some questions raised by \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind.\u201d O\u2019Connor plays a cybersecurity expert who has a mysterious connection with Blunt\u2019s meteorologist. He holds some truths that the men in suits don\u2019t want the world to know. <\/p>\n O\u2019Connor spoke to the AP about the film, the secrecy, the awe of watching it for the first time and having \u201cthe greatest Steven Spielberg story.\u201d Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.<\/p>\n O\u2019CONNOR: It\u2019s sort of still quite surreal. There have been many directors for me where it\u2019s felt like kind of intensely surreal in the lead up to going and doing a movie with a person and then once you start, it sort of settles down and then the next thing you know you\u2019re best friends with that director and it\u2019s all just very normal. I do feel very close to Steven, but it still feels surreal having shot it. And every aspect of making this film was like a pinch-me moment, including seeing it for the first time. It\u2019s sort of a dream for anyone.<\/p>\nAP: Have you been able to take stock of this whole experience?<\/h2>\n