The wildly talented cast of Knives Out consists of former superheroes, super spies, and a
few legendary Hollywood superstars like Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, and Michael Shannon
— to name only a few!
But where have you seen the rest of these familiar faces before?
Well, here's a handy who's who for Rian Johnson's whodunnit, Knives Out.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past decade, chances are good that you're
familiar with Daniel Craig and his prestigious body of work.
The English actor's breakout role was that of the iconic 00 Agent, James Bond, in 2006's
Casino Royale.
It was a role that, thanks to multiple sequels, landed him on Forbes' World's Highest Paid
Actors list in 2015.
However, the handsome Brit is far from a one-trick pony.
Over the years, Craig has excelled in a vast array of genres, ranging from dramas like
2002's Oscar-winning Road to Perdition to comedies like 2017's Logan Lucky.
In Knives Out, Craig plays Benoit Blanc, a private detective brought on to investigate
the death of famous crime novelist Harlan Thrombey.
"I suspect foul play.
I have eliminated no suspects."
Craig was actually the first actor to sign on to the project, and he was apparently flattered
to have been offered the part.
As he explained to Cinema Blend,
"I hadn't read something like that before, and I was just over the moon that [Johnson]
offered it to me."
With a lead like Craig, it's no mystery why so many critics are crazy about Knives Out.
Agatha Christie lovers ... assemble!
Although the MCU's Captain America obviously won't be making an appearance in Johnson's
murder mystery, Chris Evans, who's played the star-spangled Avenger several times since
2011's Captain America: The First Avenger, will be.
The Boston-bred hunk has flexed his dramatic ability in films like Before We Go and Gifted,
but not as often as he's flexed his impressive physique in action flicks The Losers and Scott
Pilgrim vs. the World.
With an apparent affinity for playing "the good guy," Evans has played not one but two
different superheroes, first starring as the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four franchise.
His role of Ransom Drysdale in Knives Out, however, will be quite the opposite.
Evans told Entertainment Weekly:
"I'm usually tasked with playing guys who are a little more noble, and this guy is a
little bit more vile.
It's fun."
Although it didn't exactly light up the box office, 1992's The Efficiency Expert, starring
acting legends like Anthony Hopkins and Russell Crowe marked the film debut of Toni Collette.
In the decades to come, the Australian actress would enjoy a highly successful career, most
evidenced by her massive award-season love.
In 2009, she was cast as the lead role in Showtime's United States of Tara.
As Tara, a mother coping with dissociative identity disorder, Collette earned wins at
both the Golden Globes and the Emmys.
On the big screen, the actress has excelled in dramatic comedies like Little Miss Sunshine
and About a Boy.
However, she's perhaps most recognized for her work in a pair of iconic horror flicks:
1999's unforgettably twisty The Sixth Sense and 2018's disturbingly dark Hereditary.
In Knives Out, the decorated actress plays Joni Thrombey, a "lifestyle guru" and daughter-in-law
of murder victim Harlan Thrombey.
When speaking to Deadline, Collette showered the murder mystery's script with praise, saying,
"It was all in the writing.
In reading it, it just kept opening up and changing, and it was so swift, and so smooth,
and so surprising."
What Katherine Langford's filmography lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality.
At the ripe age of 20, the young Australian actress landed the role of ill-fated high
school student Hannah Baker in the Netflix smash series 13 Reasons Why.
Langford stole the show as Hannah, even earning a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.
Her newfound stardom landed her parts in two movies in 2018, The Misguided and Love, Simon.
"Oh my God.
Have you guys seen Creek Secrets today?"
Although she'd previously worked with some fairly big names, Langford was admittedly
quite starstruck when seeing her Knives Out co-stars in action.
She told Yahoo! TV:
"I get so in awe of everyone.
... I've watched all of these people."
While sharing the screen with A-listers like Daniel Craig and Chris Evans must've been
incredible, the young starlet, who plays Meg Thrombey in the whodunnit, went on to specifically
give praise to her fellow Aussie actress.
Calling Toni Collette a, quote, "legend," she claimed that working with her was "amazing."
Although her official acting debut came in a Spanish film in 2006, Ana de Armas' Hollywood
career really started in 2015, starring alongside Keanu Reeves as Bell in the dark thriller
Knock Knock.
After that, she played Miles Teller's girlfriend, Iz, in War Dogs, and then the holographic
Joi in the trippy Blade Runner 2049.
Although she's starring alongside Daniel Craig in 2020's new Bond film, No Time to Die, the
gorgeous Cuban starlet first shared the screen with him in Knives Out.
As Marta Cabrera, the recently deceased Harlan Thrombey's live-in nurse, de Armas is one
of the prime murder suspects.
But while de Armas admittedly had a wonderful experience on set, shooting in Boston had
one particular downside.
She explained:
"It was my first time in Boston.
It was freezing, for a Cuban especially."
The actress may have been cold, but is she actually Knives Out's cold-blooded killer?
Life has been especially good for Lakeith Stanfield over the past ten years.
The California-raised actor's first big break was getting cast as Marcus in Short Term 12,
alongside Brie Larson.
He then was cast as Jimmie Lee Jackson in 2014's Oscar-winning Martin Luther King Jr.
biopic, Selma.
Since then, his career has really caught fire.
Although he's appeared in popular films like Get Out, Sorry to Bother You, and Netflix's
Death Note, perhaps his most recognizable role is that of the philosophical stoner Darius
in Donald Glover's comedic drama Atlanta.
"Not all great things come from great pain.
Sometimes, it's love.
Not everything's a sacrifice."
For Knives Out, Stanfield is playing Lieutenant Elliot, a detective investigating Harlan Thrombey's
death.
Though he initially thinks that the victim took his own life, more clues begin to surface
— and his character starts to suspect something more sinister is afoot.
The award-winning actor will, much like the audience, try to solve Rian Johnson's whodunnit.
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