Knives Out 3, Titled Wake Up Dead Man, Adds First Cast Members Joining Daniel Craig
Following the announcement of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, new information has come to light about the actors who may appear in it. What’s On Netflix reported, and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed, that Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny will join Daniel Craig in the movie. Writer-director Rian Johnson re-shared the news on social media, seemingly confirming the casting.
The movie’s official social media account jumped in to react to all the discussion about casting for Wake Up Dead Man. “OK everybody just calm down,” the account wrote.
OK everybody just calm down
— Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (@KnivesOut) May 28, 2024
O’Connor played Prince Charles on Netflix’s The Crown and recently appeared in the tennis movie Challengers from director Luca Guadagnino. As for Spaeny, she recently starred as the title character in the Sofia Coppola movie Priscilla. She also played a lead character in Alex Garland’s Civil War and is set to appear in the next Alien film, Alien: Romulus.
