Jamie Lee Curtis inKnives Out(2019).Photo: Claire Folger
As a seasoned scream queen,Jamie Lee Curtishas seen her fair share of twists in film — butKnives Outmight take the cake.
“It wasn’t evident to me, because Rian was so specific in his methodology, and it’s not like we’re all watching monitors and seeing all the work. We had no idea,” she added. “We’d just do our little thing and then go home. It was justsuch a delightful surprise.”
“I was alone for a lot and it was a very tough time,” she told EW.
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Knives Out(2019).Lionsgate / Everett
Knives Outfocused on Daniel Craig’s detective Benoit Blanc investigating the death of Harlan (Christopher Plummer), the patriarch of an eccentric and combative family. Aside from Craig, 54, Plummer and Curtis, the cast included then-newcomer Ana de Armas, plusChris Evans,Toni Collette,Michael Shannon,Don JohnsonandKatherine Langford.
The first of at least two planned sequels, titledGlass Onion:A Knives Out Mystery, is set to debut Dec. 23 on Netflix, with Craig returning as Blanc alongside a new ensemble cast includingJanelle Monáe,Kate Hudson,Leslie Odom Jr.,Madelyn Cline,Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick,Edward Norton,Ethan HawkeandDave Bautista.
Johnson, 48, teased the sequel’s story on Twitter in June, explaining that he was taking a page out of iconic mystery writerAgatha Christie’s books for his original film franchise.
“Something I love about Agatha Christie is how she never tread water creatively. Ithink there’s a misperceptionthat her books use the same formula over and over, but fans know the opposite is true,” he wrote. “It wasn’t just settings or murder methods, shewas constantly stretching the genreconceptually. Under the umbrella of the whodunnit she wrote spy thrillers, proto-slasher horrors, serial killer hunts, gothic romances, psychological character studies, glam travelogues.”
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“When ImadeKnives Out,” Johnson continued, “that’s what excited me about the prospect of making more mysteries with Daniel as Benoit Blanc — to emulate Christie and have every film be like a whole new book, with its own tone, ambition,reason for being … and (ta dah) title.”
The firstKnives Outfilm made more than $300 million at the worldwide box office.
“I remember when they wanted me to go toCinemaConwithKnives Out, I was like, they wantmeto go to CinemaCon?” theHalloween Endsactress told EW. “They don’t want all those other people to go to CinemaCon? Because I really felt like I was this tiny, tiny,deliciousbut tiny little part of the puzzle.”
“It just was so fun to actually become its head cheerleader,” Curtis added. “I’m a bit of a weapon of mass promotion and I got behind that one in a big way, because it was so fun and great and people loved it.”
source: people.com
