Even though he started life as one of the 2022 new film releases , Crystal Onion: a mystery at loggerheads it was moved to 2023 as a must-see event. Continuing to build a franchise around Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc, writer/director Rian Johnson’s gentleman detective continues to win new fans with his silly and deductive adventures.
It’s an accomplishment that has met its intended end, which is all the more of a triumph after Johnson admits he made a big mistake early in development. Admit your big faux pas Line while promoting his knives out Next, Rian Johnson admitted his own humanity as he went through the following process and correction to create his iconic detective:
Oh my god no. I wrote the character in a vacuum. Basically, when I started writing the Benoit Blanc character, I screwed up because I started thinking I wanted to make a Poirot or a Sherlock Holmes, so I started stuffing him with all these weirdos, and it got ridiculous. Finally, I said, I won’t try to create a character on the page beyond his actions in the mystery.
Fans of the thriller genre could probably relate to Johnson’s issues creating Benoit Blanc. To see the creation of a new detective who can stand up to the mythical legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie’s seminal creations is both welcome, but also quite rare. This is a truth that is all the more true when the two creations of these authors are still in operation.
Also in the Poirot films currently directed by Kenneth Branagh, new additions to Poirot’s backstory They were used to refresh adaptations like last year’s one death on the Nile. During, glass onion you don’t exactly have that kind of foundation to build on. It’s liberating because a creator can do whatever they want, but it’s also scary because nobody wants to create a simple imitation of a character that everyone loves.
Starting from a simple summary like the one described above, knives out he had a pretty open canvas to use in creating Benoit’s colorful character. In fact, only one real spec came into play when Rian Johnson wrote the character, and it’s probably what you expected:
So the only thing I gave him is that I think I called him a “light southern drag.” Then I wrote about his role in the story and thought, when I find who’s going to play this, then we’ll work together and create the character. It wasn’t like we changed the dialogue or the script or anything, just Daniel playing that role and bringing us the vibe of him immediately brought it to life. No eye patch required, thank goodness.
Not quite the storyline where Craig helped shape his James Bond the lack of a finished script for consolation amount , but lending his acting credentials to Benoit’s development still seems to have made a big impression on the finished character. All it took for Daniel Craig and Rian Johnson to make Benoit Blanc a memorable addition to the canon of deductive minds was over-the-top focus and creative approach.
Crystal Onion: a mystery at loggerheads he continued to use this template to great effect, as more of Blanc’s personality was revealed naturalistically. Rian Johnson is not trying to do the history of benoit blanc no big deal, making it easier to get back into character. It certainly didn’t rob the writer/director of his passion for the character, as he’s still known. knives out 3 is Johnson’s current priority .
The public does not get tired of Benoit Blanc either, as we see with Crystal Onion: a mystery at loggerheads fantastic debut on netflix and a fairly successful, if too short, theatrical release. If you’re looking to navigate this ultimate maze of wacky intrigue and comedy, yours Netflix subscription is the first clue that will lead you to the next mystery.
Source: Cinemablend
