Why 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' Was an Automatic "Yes" for Mila Kunis | TIFF 2025 - video Dailymotion

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'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' stars Daniel Craig, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott and Daryl McCormack stop by THR's TIFF suite at the 1 Hotel in Toronto to dish on the third film in the 'Knives Out' universe. Craig describes the "vibe" of this production compared to the first two films, while Scott calls Craig a "good company leader" and Kunis shares how this film was an automatic "yes" without reading the script!

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00:00Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:00It's been like, tell me, you know, that obligatory question of like,

00:03tell me what the movie's about that has not happened.

00:05There were big guys outside basically telling them not to.

00:08Yeah.

00:08Yeah, no, it's great.

00:09So I would say, no, my answer is if someone asked what's the movie about, I'd go.

00:13Talking to the wrong guy.

00:14Yeah.

00:15I don't know.

00:15Dead man waking up.

00:16Yeah.

00:19Someone at last has got it.

00:21There's a dead guy and he's waking up.

00:22I am going to ask you, Daniel, how would you describe the vibe on this production?

00:35Like, I feel like if every movie has sort of a personality, what would this version,

00:40what would this additions be versus the first two?

00:43What?

00:45Because of you?

00:47Yes.

00:48Mainly because of me.

00:50Yes.

00:50Mainly because of me.

00:52Um, each one's different, a whole bunch of different circumstances where we're filming,

00:57all of those things.

00:58But, um, each and every one of these people hit the ground running, um, and came in bringing

01:04just superb, wonderful stuff.

01:06And, and so, you know, I'm like, I'm nervous on the first stage.

01:10Don't look at me like that.

01:11It's really weird.

01:13You're really looking weird.

01:15That's weird.

01:17That is a bit weird.

01:18You're right.

01:18You're just telling your back.

01:19You're nervous because you're, is everyone looking to you to be the other?

01:22You're the expert on the one?

01:24On, on this one?

01:24I, no, I don't, I think, no, because it's just like, we're all, we know what we're doing,

01:28but I think everybody's coming in wondering, well, how's the tone?

01:30Well, how's it feel?

01:31What's going on?

01:32And, and I'm nervous because I'm thinking, well, I want, I want everybody to be comfortable.

01:37I want everybody to feel like they can have fun.

01:40But, you know, look at them.

01:42He's, he's an unbelievable company leader.

01:44He really is.

01:45It has to be said.

01:45He doesn't like this, but he really is.

01:47He's a, he's a great company leader.

01:49What's something that was surprising to you about the way he was a good company leader?

01:53Something he did.

01:54You sort of, it's a comedy, you know, and you need, you need a relaxed atmosphere.

01:57So, um, you need to do the massage.

02:00You need to do the massage.

02:00And the spa treatments.

02:02The spa treatments.

02:02Particularly good, right?

02:03Yeah.

02:03They're really good.

02:04And the little robes you wore.

02:06Oh, dear.

02:07Hot towel.

02:08Every morning hotel.

02:09Hot towel.

02:09Yeah.

02:09Hot towel.

02:10Did anyone, obviously, like when you get asked to be in a knives out mystery, since we're

02:16still using that, um, does, is it an automatic yes?

02:20Or did anyone actually have any questions?

02:22It was a fight to get Mila.

02:24Yes.

02:24I'm going to say that.

02:25He's saying this because I said yes without knowing what it was about.

02:28You could have read the script.

02:29I said, I don't care.

02:29I'll do it.

02:30So, yes, for me, it was a, of course, didn't know anything about it.

02:34And then Ryan went, I think you should read it.

02:36And I went, okay.

02:37Does anyone share anything in common with their characters that we might not?

02:43Obviously, none of you share professions with.

02:45Ooh, I hope not.

02:46Andrew's plaid, I'd say.

02:47Yeah.

02:48I like a plaid.

02:48He's a fan of a lot of things.

02:50Andrew's a fan of a lot of things.

02:51A plaid.

02:51He is, yeah.

02:52He's a fan of a lot of things.

02:53Yes, he is.

02:54You know, he really relates to his character.

02:56I'm a big fan of your hair.

03:00Your character being the, I believe you're the, he's the author.

03:04You're an author.

03:04Yes, yes.

03:05Best-selling author.

03:05He's a fanatic.

03:06I don't know if you know this.

03:07His character's a fanatic.

03:08Yeah.

03:10Jeremy, why do you say God?

03:11I hope not.

03:13Well, it's a pretty, I play a pretty sad guy.

03:16Sad guy.

03:17He's a sad guy.

03:18He's a pretty sad dad.

03:19And so I'm glad I'm not that guy.

03:21Did you, I'm sure everyone's asked you this, but like, I'm curious if when you saw, did

03:26you have to give permission for your face in Glass Onion on the hot sauce?

03:29Oh, yeah, yeah.

03:30They called that.

03:31That's somebody, someone called you.

03:32Yeah, yeah.

03:33Oh, good.

03:33Yeah, yeah, yeah.

03:34They called, and they told me a whole bout.

03:36I'm like, oh, that's a great idea, because I'm such a big hot sauce guy anyway.

03:39And then they actually talked about, next week's where they wanted to, let me do a little

03:42documentary, actually make a little small batch of your own.

03:44And I'm like, dude, I'd love to.

03:46I didn't have time to actually make my own hot sauce, but I thought it was such a really

03:49cool kind of thing.

03:51So, and then now to be in the next one is kind of a cool.

03:55So it isn't, that just was happenstance?

03:58It was just random.

03:59It's a funny bit.

04:00It's a funny bit.

04:01If they had said, can we use your face, you could have been like, if you put me in the

04:03third one.

04:05No, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't know I could do that.

04:11For the next time.

04:12Did anyone do anything on this production that they've never done before in making a

04:18movie?

04:19I mean, team acting, I think.

04:22I've never done that.

04:23Yeah.

04:24That was all brand new to me.

04:25I learned how to play a cello.

04:27You did?

04:29Was it hard?

04:30Yeah.

04:31It was hard, but I think I did it.

04:35You crushed it.

04:36You crushed it, yes.

04:37I know on the last film, the big talk was that everyone was doing murder mystery.

04:43Were they board games or was it like werewolf?

04:46We were playing Mafia.

04:47Mafia.

04:47Oh, Mafia.

04:48But we were locked in a hotel with COVID, so we didn't have anywhere to go.

04:53I hate games, so I mean, you know.

04:55No, where there were no.

04:57All games?

04:58Mainly, yeah.

04:59Oh.

04:59Anything.

05:00I mean, this.

05:00Just all things fun?

05:01I mean, we talk about, you know, kind of an ensemble.

05:04I just wanted to get it out there, because it's just, I'm sick of this, you know.

05:13No card games?

05:15Actually, it's not your Uno.

05:17I love Uno.

05:18Yeah.

05:18Okay.

05:19Oh my God, don't take anything Daniel says seriously.

05:21Like, that's the lesson in all of this.

05:23Like, he was stuck with us, and he played plenty of games.

05:28There's a bit of backgammon.

05:29Josh brought the backgammon.

05:30No, Glenn brought it.

05:31It was Glenn who brought the backgammon.

05:33Yeah, we played a bit of that.

05:34No, there was, a lot of things happened.

05:37Josh O'Connor was showing as a character for quite a while.

05:40Was he?

05:41Yeah, he had the same character.

05:42And he just showed it.

05:44Yeah.

05:44And then there was jokes.

05:46It was like, who can tell the funniest jokes?

05:49That was a run for a minute.

05:50Those were really bad.

05:51Who could tell the funniest jokes?

05:53But they're all dad jokes.

05:53It was like the worst of the best jokes.

05:56It was like bad jokes, but who can tell like the worst bad joke?

05:58Okay.

05:59But there were no board games as far as like Monopoly.

06:02But backgammon was played.

06:03There wasn't.

06:04I mean, the point about on the previous one is that we, like I said, we were stuck in a hotel in COVID.

06:08So in the evenings, that's where we played the games.

06:10But we're on set.

06:11At some point, someone's going to get called to the set.

06:13So there was no real time for that.

06:15Yeah, yeah.

06:15We just hung out with each other and played the game of life.

06:19Oh, God.

06:20It was very incredibly fun.

06:22Was anyone nervous to meet anyone else before day one?

06:29Andrew, because I've never worked with him before.

06:31Yes.

06:32Thank you, Daniel.

06:35I was exactly, I was so excited because I'd never come across you before.

06:39So, so.

06:39So excited.

06:40To see you.

06:41So surprised.

06:41I didn't know anything about what you've done.

06:43Yeah.

06:43Amazing.

06:43Likewise.

06:44And you're really good.

06:45Daniel just did an interview where he forgot that he, we worked together.

06:51So touching to me.

06:52Thank you for giving us some of that context.

06:53And Andrew just did an interview where he was Adam.

06:55Exactly.

06:56Yeah, Adam.

06:57Adam who?

06:58Did you say, did you interrupt him and say like, wait, we actually did work together?

07:01He wasn't there.

07:01No, I wasn't even there.

07:02But I was very keen to tell him that I'd done that.

07:04He did.

07:05He was like, yeah!

07:06Fuck me, he just forgot about you.

07:07We worked together.

07:08It didn't you?

07:10Okay, what was anyone, does anyone have a really good first splurge that they gave themselves?

07:15On like first job, first anything, like what did you?

07:19You mean like a gift you bought for yourself?

07:20A gift you got for yourself, yeah.

07:22Sheets.

07:24Sheets.

07:24Oh, wow.

07:25Good sheets.

07:25A pillow.

07:26Good sheets.

07:26I don't know if you've got sheets and a good mattress.

07:29Yeah, yeah, like good bedding.

07:31Yeah, yeah, when I got money, I got good bedding.

07:33You spend a third of my life in bed, I'm going to...

07:34That's a difference.

07:35Yeah, yeah.

07:36As an actor, never going to get up in the morning.

07:38Yeah, still.

07:39Okay, that's a really good one.

07:41Is there anyone else?

07:42I bought a car.

07:44Oh, wow.

07:44You went straight to the car.

07:46Well, I was 16.

07:47I needed a car.

07:48You know what I mean?

07:48I bought a car.

07:49Yeah, okay.

07:49Yeah.

07:50Yeah, but you've been working since you were...

07:52How old have you started working?

07:54Nine.

07:55Yeah, child actor.

07:56And then family doesn't matter.

07:57She actually, she bought the car when she was nine.

07:59She bought the car when she was nine and waited until I was 16.

08:02Yeah, I was 16.

08:03I'm in my Ford Explorer.

08:04Anyone else?

08:04Oh, that's so cute.

08:06Does anyone have a TV show or movie that you...

08:11Like, a really classic one that you haven't seen?

08:14A classic one that you haven't seen?

08:15That you've either pretended to have seen or is, like, nagging you.

08:19I will tell you this.

08:19I'm queen of pretending to have seen a lot of things.

08:23But so much so that I've now convinced myself that I've seen those movies,

08:26and sometimes I don't even know the truth.

08:28I'm like, I think I've seen that movie.

08:30No, I've just lied for 30 years about seeing that movie.

08:33And now I no longer know if I've actually seen it or not.

08:36And one of them, my husband and I both found out, we both lied.

08:39And so we were like, oh, we should...

08:40And it was Braveheart.

08:41And I lied for...

08:42When was Braveheart?

08:44I'm sorry.

08:44I'm just being honest.

08:45How have you not seen that?

08:46I have seen it now.

08:47So we both sat down.

08:48I've seen it like a hundred times.

08:49I didn't, but I'm being honest.

08:51And I sat down and I watched it.

08:52I like you.

08:53And so now I've seen Braveheart.

08:55Good for you.

08:56That was a good story.

08:57That was...

08:58Not everybody has like a conclusion.

09:00People lie about it.

09:01Well, and yours had a conclusion.

09:02Like you did something about it.

09:03Oh, I decided I was going to make an effort to go, have I or have I not?

09:06And then if I'm not certain, I will sit down and watch it now.

09:08Wonderful.

09:09Yeah.

09:10And what is the most extreme location in which you've made a movie or TV show?

09:17I mean, I think...

09:19Iraq.

09:20Oh, you win.

09:21Yeah.

09:22That's quite extreme.

09:23Good answer.

09:24Okay.

09:25Yeah.

09:25That's solid.

09:26I'm assuming we know which one that is.

09:29Were there multiple?

09:30Yeah.

09:31That was definitely...

09:32Family doesn't matter.

09:36This joke is...

09:38Okay.

09:40We're getting loopy.

09:41Last chance.

09:42Anyone else is good?

09:44Extreme.

09:44Fiji.

09:45I shot in Fiji.

09:46Well, that's not...

09:47Well, extremely nice.

09:48Well, yeah.

09:49Extremely nice.

09:51Yeah.

09:52All right, guys.

09:52All right.

09:53I'm just trying to play along.

09:55Iceland.

09:56No, but I've been to Iceland.

09:58I love Iceland.

09:59That's good.

09:59Oh, my God.

10:00Iceland, I think, is one of my favorite places in the world.

10:01Yeah, it's pretty real.

10:02Having that shot there, but love Iceland.

10:04What did you make in Iceland?

10:06A little movie.

10:07Show off.

10:07What was the movie?

10:08A little trip to heaven.

10:10Small movie.

10:10A little movie.

10:11Called?

10:12I think it's a little trip to heaven.

10:13I don't remember.

10:14It's a long time ago.

10:16I'm going to Google that, and we're going to slap that in post.

10:18Yeah.

10:19Just have him say,

10:19A little trip to heaven.

10:20Yeah.

10:21Okay, well, we're out of time, and I appreciate your time.

10:25That's not true.

10:25Don't be lying.

10:26This is my first interview.

10:27Say that again to me.

10:29I'm sorry.

10:29Go on, try.

10:30I apologize.

10:30I really appreciate your time.

10:32You can make it.

10:32You can.

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