Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery star Janelle Monáe says that she would love to have an acting career like Johnny Depp's.
As reported by Deadline, Monáe revealed during the London Film Festival’s final major keynote "screen talk" that she aims to have her acting career emulate that of Johnny Depp's in terms of scope and variety of roles. "When I think about careers, this person as an actor, his life an as an actor only, Johnny Depp has a very vast career," she said.
The actor then went on to say that she wants to follow in Depp's footsteps and portray characters that withstand the test of time and are dynamic and memorable. "The amount of roles: Willy Wonka to Sweeney Todd to all of the dramatic roles. Whatever the Janelle Monáe version of that is," she said. "Maybe something even better, but I want to be able to do those sorts of like transformative characters that people are dressing up as for Halloween. Something grounded but embedded in the hearts and minds of children forever."
Monáe also spoke about her upcoming role as tech entrepreneur Cassandra "Andi" Brand in Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. She was apparently so impressed by Looper, Johnson’s third feature film starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, that she agreed to be involved in the Knives Out sequel before even taking a glance at its script. "That film is a film I wish I'd written, wish I'd starred in, all the above," she said of Looper.
What Is Glass Onion?
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery serves as a standalone sequel to 2019's Knives Out. Audiences will once again follow master detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) as he attempts to solve a new murder mystery taking place on the private Greek island of tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton). Like its predecessor, Glass Onion features an ensemble cast consisting of Norton, Monáe, Kathryn Hahn as Connecticut Governor Claire Debella, Leslie Odom Jr. as scientist Lionel Toussaint, Jessica Henwick as assistant Peg, Kate Hudson as fashion designer Birdie Jay, Dave Bautista as YouTube star Duke Cody and Madelyn Cline as Whiskey, Duke's girlfriend and YouTube channel assistant. Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim also appear in the movie posthumously as themselves, with the film being dedicated to Lansbury's memory.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will have a one-week limited theatrical release on Nov. 23. It will then be available to stream on Netflix from Dec. 23.
Source: Deadline