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Josh O'Connor is heavenly as a priest opposite Daniel Craig's "Knives Out" detective in "Wake Up Dead Man." Plus: Percy Jackson is back, y'all!
For Josh O'Connor, "characters land with you when you need them." He found that as a kid Scarecrow and now as a priest in a "Knives Out" mystery.
A Knives Out Mystery" was mostly relegated to supporting roles in skits, while musical guest Lily Allen was joined by Dakota Johnson.
SNL struggled to bottle up O'Connor's distinct whimsical charms in sketches that didn't play to his strengths as a multi-faceted performer.
Given the number of projects he has done, it might be difficult for fans to navigate his career. Here is a curated list of five films featuring O'Connor that should be on your watchlist. This includes names like Emma and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
Josh O'Connor as a beatific priest is the chief reason to watch the latest installment in the Knives Out series
As he wraps a year with four major film roles, the British actor talks first love, working with Glenn Close and Paul Mescal—and learning to slow down.
"Bachelorette Party Strippers" was written by Ben Marshall and Jack Bensinger, and Marshall certainly sells the sketch as one half of the beanie-clad duo. "Do we have consent to enter your home?" he asks, before O'Connor's character looks into the bride's eyes to assure her, "you are enough."
"I was as shocked as I hope audiences will be," O'Connor says of the "impossible to know" twist ending. "But what's so brilliant about Rian is that every single one of [these characters] is guilty in different ways, and they're all complicit and they're all flawed. No one is pristine... and that's all Rian Johnson. That's what he does best."
Josh O’Connor reveals the brutal reality of filming Knives Out 3 alongside Daniel Craig, and why the discomfort was worth it for Rian Johnson.
Josh O’Connor hosted this week’s episode, which satirized an airborne news conference and also featured a pair of very sensitive male strippers.