Josh Brolin SaysKnives Out 3'Scared Me' Despite It Being 'One of My Favorite Jobs That I've Ever Had'

Mar. 15, 2025

Josh Brolin on Feb. 15, 2024.Photo:Joe Maher/Getty

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Josh Brolinhad his work cut out for him in the upcomingKnives Outsequel.

Brolin said “loved both” the previous movies, 2019’sKnives Outand 2022’sGlass Onion.

“I loved the acting in both of them. I preferred the first one, and the third one felt more like the first one,” said Brolin. “[Rian] doesn’t come off as this, but he has this incredible control over his set. You know, he just has a major presence that reminds me of Denis [Villeneuve,DuneandSicariodirector], that reminds me of the Cohens, that reminds me of those types of directors. And he’s a great writer.”

About the twisty script, Brolin said, “I read it and I was just like, ‘God, this is so well written. We just don’t read things like this anymore.’ "

Josh Brolin during “A Conversation with Josh Brolin: Insights and Stories with Steve Weintraub” at New York Comic Con on Oct. 17, 2024.Craig Barritt/Getty

Craig Barritt/Getty

Thestar-studded ensemble castwill also include: Daniel Craig (back as detective Benoit Blanc), Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott and Daryl McCormack.

“It turned out that it was a cast, a lot of people who I had worked with, a lot of people who I loved and hadn’t met yet, like Andrew Scott and Josh O’Connor, and people like that,” Brolin said at the Comic Con panel. “Then doing it turned out, I mean, still one of my favorite jobs that I’ve ever had.

He teased, “I can’t say what I played. It scared me, which I wanted to be scared.”

Close, 77, who alsoworked with Brolin on the new comedyBrothers, recently told PEOPLE that, for the newKnives Out, director Johnson “assembled a wonderful team around him and put together this cast from heaven.” She added, “It’s truly one of the best experiences of my life.”

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mysterywill be on Netflix in 2025.

source: people.com