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That plucky vulnerability would perfectly translate to a drawing room murder mystery.

Coughlan would kill (literally?)
as a dippy heiress cant you just picture her collapsing onto a fainting couch?
whos much smarter than she lets on.

Yes, I am saying I want Nicola Coughlan to play a murderer, yo and thank you.
Dunaway absolutely has the range.
The question is: Do the filmmakers have the imagination to cast her?

Maybe shes a bumbling detective who keeps postulating things Benoit Blanc proves wrong.
Maybe shes a scheming hotel owner banking on an insurance payout from the murder victim.
Im mostly about ensuring we get as many takes on the English language in one movie as possible.

Jackson McHenry
Matt Berry
Obviously Matt Berry.Obviously!
Regardless, hell need a white suit jacket and a pipe, but he can probably supply his ownscarf.
Anne Clark
Gary Cole
Gary Cole can do it all.

Smarmy jerk you just want to punch?
He has smarm down to a science inOffice Space.
Stoic misanthrope who throws out one-liners?

Kent Davidson inVeepis iconic.
See:Talladega Nights.
Stern father figure with a heart of gold?

Any of those archetypes would fill out aKnives Outensemble nicely.
For my money, though, a mashup of the first two is the way to go.
Rian: Go meta with this one.

Cast her as a grieving widow.
Let her turn to the camera and wink and say widows.
Then take all my money.

Brennan Carley
Christine Baranski
This feels self-explanatory?