Daniel Craig (center) inGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022).Photo: John Wilson/Netflix
This post contains spoilers forGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
GlassOnion: A Knives Out Mysteryis finally here!
On Friday,Netflixreleased writer-directorRian Johnson’s sequel to his 2019 whodunnitKnives Out, bringingDaniel Craigback as detective Benoit Blanc for a new adventure with a brand-new cast of characters.
The film also stars Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista. Beyond Craig’s supporting cast, Johnson also enlisted a significant number of stars for cameos throughout the film.
Read on to find out everything to know about each of the cameos Johnson included in his new murder mystery.
Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant’s cameo inGlass Onionmakes for quite the reveal: when a box from billionaire Miles Bron (Norton) is delivered to Blanc’s flat, Grant answers the door, revealing that Blanc is living with a male partner.
“You are supposed to reflect life. Andthat [gay] relationship reflects people in my life,” Craig, 54, toldThe Sunday Timesin a recent interview about thefilm’s reveal that his character is gay.
“It’s normal. But we don’t make a song and dance out of it. Itjust feels right,” the actor added.
Johnson told theTimesthat Blanc being gay “just made sense to Daniel and me,” but that it wasn’t meant to be something that was a big focus for the movie.
“We didn’t want to be coy or cute about it. We just wanted it to be a fact of the character,” explained Johnson, 48.
Daniel Craig inGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022).John Wilson/Netflix
Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim
The lateAngela Lansburymakes an appearance early inGlass Onion, when she is shown on a Zoom call with Blanc during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cameo honors Lansbury, whodied in October at 96, and her mystery genre credentials dating back to herMurder, She Wroteheyday, as the group attempt to play the popular online mystery video gameAmong Us.
The lateStephen Sondheim, who died at 91 in Nov. 2021, also appears on the Zoom call with Blanc as he and a group embark on a game ofAmong Us.
“It means so much that they were in the movie,” Johnson toldEntertainment Weeklyin November of Sondheim and Lansbury’s cameos in the film. “It means even more to me that I got 10 minutes with each of them to just tell them what their work meant to me, which was very, very special.”
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“With Angela Lansbury, she’s extraordinary in so many ways in her connection to the genre,” Johnson added. “She’s just a hero. And then Sondheim has a massive connection to the murder-mystery genre. He was a puzzle and mystery nut.”
NBA legendKareem Abdul-JabbarandRussian DollstarNatasha Lyonnealso cameo in the film via the same Zoom call as the group playAmong Us.
Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawkeappears in just one scene inGlass Onion, as a mysterious man who greets Blanc and Bron’s guests at a dock in Greece on their way to the billionaire’s private island.
Hawke’s character, credited as Efficient Man, sprays a substance into the mouths of Bron’s guests that appears to inoculate recipients from COVID-19, telling them they no longer need to wear a mask as they board a boat to the island — or, as he simply explains to Blanc: “You’re good.”
Johnson toldEWin November that Hawke’s cameo was not planned, but the actor was in Budapest, Hungary filmingMoon KnightwhileGlass Onionwas in production and traveled to Greece for one day to film the scene.
Serena Williams
Tennis legendSerena Williamsappears via a fitness application similar to a Mirror product placed on the wall of the gym in the mansion.
Williams' cameo at first appears to be a pre-taped video for Norton’s character to work out to, but during a conversation between Craig and Monáe’s characters, Williams surprises as she asks the pair if either are going to work out, revealing a live feed that shows how Norton’s billionaire has Williams on retainer as a personal trainer.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022).JOHN WILSON/NETFLIX
Yo-Yo Ma
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
OnlyJoseph Gordon-Levitt’s voice appears inGlass Onion. In an uncredited voice cameo, the actor — who has appeared in each of Johnson’s films — provides the sounds for the hourly chime that rings on Bron’s private island throughout the movie.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mysteryis available to stream on Netflix now.
source: people.com
