Janelle Monáetake game night very seriously.
The writer/director behind the whodunit murder-mystery, Rian Johnson, recalls how they’d all gather to play a game of “Mafia” on the weekends — and Monáe, 36, especially got into character.
“I can tell you who was most stylish,” Johnson, 48, says, turning to Monáe as the others agreed. “Janelle would show up in costume, in character. Like, we were in Belgrade and somehow she packed Sherlock Holmes capes and hats and fake mustaches and huge briar pipes. It was amazing.”
“You never know when you’re gonna need it,” jokes Monáe. “No, I’m obsessed with murder-mystery games.”
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery(2022).JOHN WILSON/NETFLIX
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The group took turns hosting the game parties when on break from filming the anticipated Netflix sequel.Kate HudsonsaysLeslie Odom Jr.was best in that role. Their costar Madelyn Cline jokes that Daniel Craig — the detective of theKnives Outfranchise — “solved absolutely none of the cases.”
Additionally,Kathryn Hahnadmits, “I wouldn’t say I was very gifted at ‘Mafia’ either.”
Janelle Monáe.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Johnson adds of the get-togethers, “It was somewhere between a ‘Mafia’ game and theater camp. It was very fun.”
The sequel focuses on tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton), who invites his best friends for a trip to his private island, though one of them soon winds up dead.
Glass Onion:A Knives Out Mystery— which also stars Jessica Henwick,Edward NortonandDave Bautista— debuts on Netflix Dec. 23.
source: people.com
