Daniel Craig’s Knives Out Character Benoit Blanc Is “Obviously” Queer, Director Confirms

While selling his upcoming Netflix movie Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian Johnson has confirmed that lead character Benoit Blanc, performed by Daniel Craig is homosexual. Blanc’s companion makes a cameo look within the movie, which is due out in November for a quick run in theaters, adopted by its debut on Netflix.

As reported by Deadline, Johnson was talking concerning the movie following its displaying on the London Film Festival over the weekend. In reference to a scene the place Blanc was proven apparently residing with one other man, the director was requested if that meant that the Knives Out protagonist is homosexual.

“Yes, he obviously is,” Johnson responded. Blanc’s companion within the movie is performed as a cameo function by a well known British actor, however each Johnson and Daniel Craig averted saying the actor’s identify for the sake of audiences who will not see the movie till November. Johnson added concerning the unnamed actor: “there’s nobody in the world I can imagine in bringing me more joy for Benoit Blanc to be with.”

“No spoilers: who wouldn’t want to live with that person?” Craig added later within the presser.

Glass Onion is the primary of two Knives Out sequels Netflix has contracted with director Rian Johnson, with every of them following Craig’s Benoit Blanc as he solves a brand new homicide thriller. Reviews for the movie have began trickling out because it premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, with critics thus far agreeing that Glass Onion is a sequel value watching.