Daniel Craig & Rian Johnson Answer The Most Searched Knives Out Questions

Hello, I'm Daniel Craig.

And I'm Rian Johnson [laughs].

I'm sorry.

Hello, I'm Daniel Craig.

And I'm Rian Johnson.

And we are here to answer

the most Googled questions about Knives Out.

[downbeat drum music]

[Daniel and Rian make creaking sounds]

Shall I? Do it.

Okay. What state is Benoit Blanc from?

That's a good question.

[Daniel and Rian laugh]

We know, we just don't wanna say,

'cause the mystique of the character.

Yeah.

I mean, he's Louisiana, [ring sound] but you know,

the thing about Benoit Blanc, he's traveled a great deal.

He has. Even he doesn't at this point. Who's to tell?

What is Marta's reaction to lying?

Projectile vomit.

[ring sound] She has a regurgitory reaction.

What is the title of Harlan's final book?

Oh, boy.

Wow.

Wow. Hold on,

let me Google this real quick.

I don't know. That's a good question.

That's got us. That's a very good question.

That's certainly got me.

You've stumped me. I don't know.

I should just make something up. I should be right.

Yes. Blood like wine.

[buzzer sound] There we go.

His final book.

Yeah. That's very tragic.

Where does 'Wake Up Dead Man' take place?

Takes place in the fictional town of Chimney Rock

[ring sound] in upstate - New York.

New York. Yeah.

Who solves the fake murder game instantly?

Fake murder game?

Oh, you mean as in the hard thing?

Glass Onion. Yeah. Yeah.

I'll Give you a hint.

You play him.

Really? Did I?

Yeah [laughs].

[ring sound] Oh. Oh, yeah.

Oh, I see what you mean. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Oh, I see what you mean.

[Daniel chuckles] [Rian laughs]

Oh yeah, that's me. Yeah.

Who designed the 'dong' sound in 'Glass Onion'?

Well, by that,

I think probably it was designed by our sound designer,

but..

who performed it?

Do you know this? Enu?

No.

But didn't he say that, that's who had done it?

No, he said it was Philip Glass.

Oh, Philip Glass.

[ring sound] Yeah, that's right.

Yes, but, this is actually a little easter egg here.

My buddy Joseph Gordon Levitt said dong,

and we turned it into a sound.

That's right. Yes. Yep.

Oh.

What is Blanc doing when he receives his invitation box?

He's having a bath.

[ring sound] Having a bath.

As one does. Yeah.

What does the 'Glass Onion' title reference?

It's a Beatles song.

[ring sound] It's a Beatles song.

Beatles song.

But it is also, what's the word? Allegorific?

Yeah, it's metaphorific.

Metaphoricalical. Yeah.

Thankfully we covered

that bit anyway. Yes it is. Yeah.

What musical instrument does Benoit Blanc play?

I think he plays the ukulele, doesn't he?

He plays a ukulele and maybe a bit of the harmonica.

A little harmonica.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Down the road we'll have that in that movie.

What song plays over the ending montage

as the mansion burns?

♪ Da da da da, Mona Lisa ♪

Oh yeah, that's right.

And now Wired has to clear that song.

What phrase does Blanc say about Gravity's Rainbow?

No one's read it [laughs].

[ring sound] Yeah. No one's read it.

I've read it.

What does Miles say is powering his mansion's lights?

That would be this hydrogen - Hydrogen.

fuel source called Klear,

with a K. [ring sound]

[Rian chuckles]

Who explains what a fugue is in 'Glass Onion'?

What is a fugue?

A fugue as Yo-Yo Ma -

Oh yes.

[ring sound] explains,

That's right.

is a musical piece that - I remember.

layers on top of itself.

That's right.

[Rian makes funny noises]

Who plays Harlan Thrombey?

Well, that would be the great,

legendary Christopher Plummer. [ring sound]

Yes.

What does the word 'Klear' written

on Miles's napkin mean, with a K?

It refers to the hydrogen fuel source

[ring sound]

that he's very excited about putting on his manned rockets.

Miles,

completely fictional character based

on nobody in the real world.

Nobody we could think of.

No. What inspired 'Knives Out'?

Over to you 'cause you did really invent it.

I mean, Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie [ring sound] and just my love of whodunits.

I love a good mystery.

What does Marta say before vomiting on Ransom?

Oh, I don't remember, the phone call?

On the phone call she tells everyone

that Fran is okay and she's ready to talk.

[ring sound] Yeah. And then from there

on out she's basically -

She's trying not to vomit. holding in a flood of vomit.

Yeah. Until the very last minute.

It's great this. Yeah. There we are.

Oh, you won't know this.

Where was 'Wake Up Dead Man' shot?

It was shot in London.

[ring sound] In and around London.

Right. Boom.

That was easy.

What does Birdie accidentally confess to?

Again, what doesn't she? What doesn't she? [laughs]

Yeah. I feel like she lets

a lot of stuff slip. Yeah. Go. Yeah.

I think maybe what this refers to

is that she..

gleefully signed off on having a sweatshop create her,

[ring sound] because she thought

a sweatshop is where you make

sweatpants. Sweatpants, yes.

So for her sweatpants company.

I think that was her accidental confession.

Oh. What type of mysteries does Blanc prefer?

Well, in this particular one he likes a,

are we allowed to say?

Commonly known as a - Yeah.

locked door mystery.

Impossible crime. An impossible crime.

So I'd say Impossible mysteries,

[ring sound] I think is probably the right answer to that.

Impossible mysteries.

Yeah. I think that covers it.

Who came up with 'Knives Out' idea?

I did. [Rian chuckles]

No [laughs]. [Rian makes whooshing sound]

Is that the answer? I did?

That's it. [buzzer sounds]

Okay fine. Now you own it.

Now all the comments can come to you. Mother fucker.

[Rian and Daniel laugh]

What is Blanc doing when he is first introduced?

In the first movie?

I guess in the first movie.

When we first introduce him he's.

Fucking with everybody. He is.

He's messing about with them,

he's questioning the suspects

[ring sound] and prying within their heads.

And manipulating them. Yeah.

As he does.

[Rian makes panicking sounds]

Who is the priest in 'Wake Up Dead Man'?

Well, Josh O'Connor. Josh O'Connor.

[ring sound] He's one of the priests.

'Cause there we have a couple of priests.

We have a murder of priests. We have Josh O'Connor.

We have Josh Brolin.

Yeah. And Jeffrey.

And Jeffrey Wright's also a priest.

Yeah.

How does Birdie Jay open her invitation box?

Birdie just kind of follows instructions.

[ring sound] Instructions

from everybody else. From everybody else.

Yeah. Yeah.

It's like Kate just says about Birdie,

she understands every third word.

[Rian and Daniel laugh]

What famous painting is in Miles's mansion?

There's a bunch of 'em. I guess the main one.

Miles's Mansion. Miles's Mansion.

I literally was going, which one's Miles Mansion?

[Rian and Daniel laugh]

I do remember making that movie. I promise you.

It sounds like a prog rock group. Miles Mansion.

Miles Mansion. Miles Mansion.

They were all good reconstructions.

There's a Hockney,

but the Mona Lisa

is the big one. [ring sound]

That's probably what they're going for, I'm guessing.

What metaphor does Blanc use to describe solving mystery?

What metaphor doesn't he use?

Thank you.

[Rian laughs] Beautifully answered.

I give you every metaphor.

I throw eight metaphors a movie at you.

What does the napkin reveal?

The napkin reveals that Andy,

who is Janelle's Monae's character,

had the original idea [ring sound] for the company

that Miles stole.

And that's the big reveal.

So now I've spoiled Glass Onion.

What's Birdie's assistant's name?

♪ Peg, it will come back to you ♪

♪ Peg, it will come back ♪

Yeah, it's Peg. Played by Jessica Henwick.

Jessica Henwick. Yep. I think we did great.

Yeah. I got no notes for us.

Yeah.

I feel like just hunkered down

right here. I don't think

we could have done it any better.

I don't think we could've. But I mean that,

we couldn't have done it any better.

[Rian and Daniel laugh]

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