"Whether you're a small-fry studio or a big-time star, the prevailing wisdom for how to succeed in Hollywood these days is simple: find a niche and stay there. Horror producers produce horror movies. YA writers write YA. Slam-bang action stars star in slam-bang action flicks. Being a Swiss Army generalist now feels as dated as celluloid and drive-in theaterswhich is precisely why Rian Johnson confounds people."
"I mean, who the hell is he? The eye-candy confectioner behind nine-figure Star Wars tentpoles like The Last Jedi? The stealth power player who produces streaming hits like Poker Face and 3 Body Problem? Or the twice Oscar-nominated writer and director of the deliriously entertaining, pretzel-logic Knives Out murder mysteries? Johnson is impossible to pin down. He likes it that way."
"On a sunny August afternoon, Johnson swings by the sleek but cozy offices of T-Street, his L. A.-based production company. The 51-year-old has just come from the gym, hair still wet. Johnson's not a workout kind of guy. But he has a new movie taxiing toward multiplexes and he knows that people will be snapping photographs of him on red carpets and for profiles in magazines like this one."
Rian Johnson resists being pigeonholed, moving fluidly among studio tentpoles, streaming series, and original murder mysteries. He directed The Last Jedi, produces streaming hits like Poker Face and 3 Body Problem, and wrote and directed the Knives Out mysteries. He cultivates an unpredictable public persona and prefers creative variety. He visits his T‑Street production office casually, recently returning from the gym and preparing for a new film release and red carpet appearances. Casting Daniel Craig for Knives Out benefited from circumstance when a Bond delay opened the schedule. His office displays a large portrait of Jessica Fletcher and remains calm before festival debut.
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