We chat with RianJohnson about the style of mystery explored in PokerFace differs from KnivesOut and GlassOnion, working with Natasha Lyonne, and who he wants to guest star in season 2:
Rian Johnson has become the king of the mystery genre with Knives Out, Glass Onion, and now Poker Face. The new series follows Charlie Cale , who has a unique ability to tell if people are lying to her. Each week, Charlie finds herself in the middle of a new mystery, pulled in by her skills as a human lie detector and an unexpected circumstance.
Rian Johnson: I mean, it's such a fun genre, with Knives Out and Glass Onion. It's a genre that I've been reading and watching since I was a kid. I feel like every few decades there's a wave where people remember exactly how fun it is. And now with Poker Face, it's a slightly different mystery type.
Rian Johnson: It all goes back to the same way that I was tapping back into my childhood memories of Agatha Christie. I was thinking back to sitting on the carpet in front of the TV in my parents' living room watching TV as a kid and watching reruns every day. The joy of that and the joy of tuning in every single day to watch a new mystery where it's kind of the same format, so you know what to expect, but it's going to surprise you.
Rian Johnson: Well, you want to hear a twisted web? Try and untangle this. She is Natasha in that she's in her trailer on the set of Poker Face. If you look at her background, it's her trailer. She's in between takes when we're shooting Poker Face. I just said, "Get on the Zoom real quick and do it."
Rian Johnson: Yeah, it goes deep. My first conversation with her [was] the first thing I did... It's not like I wrote the show and then cast her in it. We've been collaborators from the very, very start. This is really a show that we built together. And she also co-wrote and directed one of the great episodes in it, episode eight. It's absolutely amazing. It's so good.
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