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

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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Smarmy jerk you just want to punch?

He has smarm down to a science inOffice Space.

Stoic misanthrope who throws out one-liners?

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Kent Davidson inVeepis iconic.

See:Talladega Nights.

Stern father figure with a heart of gold?

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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.

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Cast her as a grieving widow.

Let her turn to the camera and wink and say widows.

Then take all my money.

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Brennan Carley

Christine Baranski

This feels self-explanatory?

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