He additionally teased an unused post-credit scene.
One of many better stunning plot elements of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller revolves across the most well-known painting within the international – the Mona Lisa. Rian Johnson’s movie sees billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invite a set of tourists to his high-priced island, full of beneficial artwork work, and the legendary painting is his satisfaction and pleasure. The climax of the film features a fiery showdown beneath the titular glass onion, and concludes with the painting burning to ashes.
Chatting with Empire by way of their Spoiler Particular podcast on the movie, the director outlined how they had been in a position to put together the replica – together with the surprising revelation that any replicas of classical work of arts are clearly legally obligated to be destroyed and documented. Together with that, Johnson additionally talked about his love for the same scene from a stunning supply – Mr Bean.
We acquired a really proficient, native Belgrade artist to do a recreation of the Mona Lisa and it was sort of extraordinary having it on set. I didn’t realise this, however when you get a recreation like this, you must destroy them while you’re performed filming, if it’s a well-known murals. You really should doc your self burning the canvas due to the counterfeit market. Daniel was a bit nervous that we had been ‘killing the pet’ by upsetting individuals as we destroyed the Mona Lisa, however the scene in Bean the place he destroys ‘Whistler’s Mom’ is among the funniest scenes in cinematic historical past, so I figured we’d get away with this. That scene is so good.
Moreover, Johnson added {that a} post-credits sting was filmed, simply in case audiences had been sad at seeing a legendary piece of historical past destroyed earlier than their very eyes. However the way in which it occurs, with Helen (Janelle Monáe) setting the constructing on hearth by way of Miles’ “completely protected” hydrogen-based various gas, makes the finale most impactful, in response to the director.
We additionally shot a bit of coda which we determined to not use, with Blanc on the cellphone talking French and getting a bit of affirmation of ‘ah, oui, oui, merci’ and slicing to an workplace within the Louvre the place the actual Mona Lisa is, with the safety guards saying ‘effectively, again to work’. However that pulls a punch, I like that the actual portray will get destroyed within the film.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller is presently streaming on Netflix. You may see our interview with Johnson and Daniel Craig down beneath.
