Josh O’Connor.Photo:Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Dia Dipasupil/Getty
Josh O’Connorgot to experience the “suite” life while filmingKnives Out 3.
During a wide-ranging conversation with hisWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mysterycostar Daniel Craig forVariety, the two actors recalled their time filming the third installment of the Netflix series this past summer — and O’Connor admitted he may have gotten a bit spoiled on the set.
Josh O’Connor, Daniel Craig — Paris Fashion Week on September 27, 2024.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
“The trailers! That’s the best trailer I’ve ever had in my life. It’s better than my flat in London,” theChallengersstar, 34, told Craig, 56. “And I spent a lot of time knocking on your door.”
TheJames Bondstar reprises his role as famed private investigator Benoit Blanc inWake Me Up Dead Man, which Netflix previously teased as Blanc’s “most dangerous case yet.”
Each installment has starred an assortment of A-listers fromAna de ArmasandChris Evansin 2019’sKnives OuttoKate HudsonandJanelle Monáein 2022’sGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. Craig was the only returning star in each movie.
In addition to Craig and franchise newbie O’Connor,Wake Up Dead Manwill also starFleabagactor Andrew Scott andPriscilla’sCailee Spaeny, along withKerry Washington,Glenn Close,Jeremy Renner,Mila KunisandJosh Brolin.
Josh O’Connor attends the Australian premiere of “Challengers,” March 2024.Brendon Thorne/Getty
Brendon Thorne/Getty
Close, 77, told PEOPLEin August thatKnives Out 3had a “cast from heaven.”
“This coming two weeks, we have scenes where all of us are in the same room, and I just can’t wait to see what he does and what he does and what she does. It’s so much fun," she said.
Later in theirVarietyconversation, the pair also recalled both working with director Luca Guadagnino for recent films — O’Connor withChallengersand Craig withQueer.
O’Connor told Craig that after seeingQueer, he thought it was “a total masterpiece,” adding that Craig’s character (Lee) “feels deeply insecure, and yet the way he walks around is completely confident.”
Josh O’Connor attends the premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' “Challengers” at Westwood Village Theater on April 16, 2024 in Los Angeles.Monica Schipper/Getty
Monica Schipper/Getty
For Craig, the “artifice of masculinity” is what made “so much sense to me.”
“You see a love between the two guys that trumps everything around it,” Craig said ofChallengers’ storyline.
O’Connor confessed that sometimes the sex scenes aren’t as steamy as they appear to be: “Me and Mike [Faist] got the giggles because we’re both kissingZendaya, and gradually we end up kissing each other. She’s just backed out and she’s watching. We had this moment of kissing for a while, and then opening our eyes and seeing that it’s just us — that did make us giggle.”
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O’Connor also recalled how close he and Craig became while filming forKnives Out 3.
“I’ve never experienced anything like it on a film set. We were all in each other’s pockets for three months. Particularly you and me. Most of the time you and me,” he said.
source: people.com
