Daniel Craig is debuting a brand new search for his position within the forthcoming Knives Out 3, and followers are divided.
In a tweet shared on Monday, director Rian Johnson provided the primary behind-the-scenes have a look at Craig in character as detective Benoit Blanc.
The black-and-white picture reveals the 56-year-old British star with lengthy hair, sporting a three-piece go well with and holding a hat.
“Aaaaand we’re off! Today is day 1 of shooting on the next Benoit Blanc mystery Wake Up Dead Man – see you on the other side,” Johnson wrote within the caption.
A number of followers have since commented on the submit, reacting in shock to Craig’s new look.
“HIS HAIR WHAT AN ICON,” one wrote, whereas a second admitted that “Blanc with long hair” felt “kinda weird, but I like it.”
“Omg his hairstyle,” a 3rd mentioned, subsequent to a crying emoji.
“Have a good shoot!” another person commented. “And do tell that young man to get a haircut.”
“There better be a damn good reason why Benoit has that long hair,” one other wrote.
“Long hair AND a fedora? I smellll prequel?” one surmised, whereas others in contrast Craig’s modified look to Tom Cruise within the Mission Unattainable franchise.
“The Knives Out movies are gonna be like Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise alternating between long and short hair,” a fan mentioned. “I dig it.”
A second agreed: “I like that you’re going down the ‘long hair vs short hair’ route to differentiate sequels like with Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible movies.”
Final month, Johnson introduced the highly-anticipated third installment in his common whodunit franchise, formally titled Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller.
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Craig, who’s portrayed the non-public investigator Benoit Blanc within the first two Knives Out motion pictures, will seem within the third with a star-studded solid, together with Glenn Shut, Andrew Scott, Challengers star Josh O’Connor, Priscilla’s Cailee Spaeny, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande actor Daryl McCormac.
The movie, which is a part of the director’s $450 million two-sequel cope with Netflix, is predicted to be launched on the streamer someday in 2025.
The primary Knives Out film debuted in 2019 and adopted Blanc’s investigation into the homicide of famend novelist Harlan Thrombey, portrayed by the late Christopher Plummer. That movie noticed the breakout efficiency of Ana de Armas as nurse Marta Cabrera. It additionally featured Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Katherine Langford and Michael Shannon.
Three years later, the sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller, was launched. The film noticed Blanc jet off to the non-public Greek Island of tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton), the place he’s tasked with fixing a homicide thriller sport gone incorrect.
Moreover Craig, it featured a brand new all-star solid of Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, Madelyn Cline, Dave Bautista and Kathryn Hahn.
