Knives Out has a major cast to back its tight whodunit script. This includes major names like Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Ana de Armas, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, oh yeah, and throwing in Frank Oz and Christopher Plummer for funsies. Apparently, the cast is so stacked by design, as director Rian Johnson revealed during a recent podcast interview.
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