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of a wealthy mystery novelist named Harlan Thrombey.
Getting little tantalizing details are fun, Johnson explains.
But sometimes theres a tendency to mistake backstory for character.
Ultimately, its not that interesting.
Real estate becomes incredibly precious.
I mean, who cares?
(The Thrombey case is definitively closed at the conclusion ofKnives Out.)
Thisll be another Poirot novel.
Thisll be just like what Agatha Christie did, Johnson says.
Its disconnected fromKnives Out.
Its just another case.
When I ask how far along the sequels script is at this point, the filmmaker laughs.
Not far enough, is the perpetual answer.
Im in the middle of it right now.
I dont know … working on it.
He found humor in the part and dug into it and genuinely had fun playing it.
Its something that goes back to how Christie uses Poirot.
Hes smart and formidable, but theres something slightly clownish about him.
Exhibit A: Blancs infamous donut soliloquy inKnives Out.
I spoke in the car about the hole in the center of this donut.
A donut hole in the donuts hole.
But we must look a little closer.
And our donut is not a hole at all!
A lot of stuff inKnives Outcame from me loving the tropes of whodunits.
You have the detective giving some kind of essentially nonsensical metaphor for how he does what he does.
It really makes no sense, but it sounds good!
That was something that was just too fun to pass up.
Kind of like aKnives Outsequel.
