Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery offers up a (suspected) murderer’s row of new characters.
But like with any role in any movie, they end up making it their own."
But who exactly are these shadowy figures?
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We talked to the cast ofGlass Onionto get the details behind their potentially murderous alter egos.
“Miles is the furthest thing from an actual scientist,” he says.
“Miles will be highly recognizable to anybody who’s watched the WeWork documentary or the Theranos documentary.
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He’s high on self-regard and emblematic of the self-appointed tech Illuminati.
And the bad blood between them makes her a curious presence on this island holiday.
But for Monae’s part, she wanted to draw on real women who have inspired her.
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“Andi is a genius.
Mellody Hobson, who runs an investment firm Andi has a lot of her leadership qualities.”
But Hudson warns not to be deceived by appearances.
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“As tone deaf as she is, don’t sleep on Birdie,” she quips.
“She’s not all dumb.”
Of all the characters, she was the blank slate.
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I thought, ‘Let’s make this more than just an assistant and employee relationship.
It’s like a toxic love/hate dynamic between the two of them.’
Peg despises working for Birdie, but Birdie can’t live without her.
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And Peg knows that.
And Peg loves her.
That sums it up for me.”
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“Lionel’s a scientist, but he’s also worldly,” he tells EW.
“He’s well-traveled, he’s single.
The scientists of my youth were lab-coated and bespectacled.
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There was a mold.
The call of our day is that you don’t leave yourself at the door, you come in.
I really wanted Lionel to bring all of who he was into the lab.”
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What she really wants to talk about, however, is what Claire likes to drink.
“How Claire would take her wine: lukewarm white wine on ice.
“There wasn’t anybody in particular.
Guys that I really don’t like.
And I tried to be that guy.”
Madelyn Cline executes a delicate dance as Whiskey, elevating her beyond a mere gold-digger.
It’s the ability to play innocent and guilty at the same time.”
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