Rian Johnson, Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close Talk ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ [VIDEO INTERVIEWS]

I talked to Rian Johnson and Josh O’Connor recently about their new film Wake Up Dead Man, how Johnson’s religious background found its way into this new Knives Out tale, how O’Connor’s accent work found Father Jud’s voice and if they’d confess something to me. Here’s what they said.
On the morning of the Wake Up Dead Man premiere in Los Angeles, 8-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close was in Berlin in the middle of shooting the new Hunger Games film (check out that trailer when you can) but had some time for me to talk about what it was like to be a part of the Knives Out family and creating the pious and devout Martha Delacroix for the film. We also get a guest appearance from her loyal pup Pip and I even stun her a bit when I reveal just how far back my Glenn Close fandom goes.
Wake Up Dead Man is now in over 600 theaters in the U.S. and over 500 internationally.
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Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Named Best Picture
Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins 8
Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners Lead’
London Critics Circle (LCC) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead