‘Knives Out’ director Rian Johnson says Daniel Craig’s character ‘obviously’ is queer

Benoit Blanc is here and apparently queer. The Stephen Sondheim-loving Southern sleuth that Daniel Craig portrays in the “Knives Out” films has been outed. During a press conference Sunday at the London Film Festival, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” director Rian Johnson confirmed the sexuality of the beloved character. The filmmaker was asked whether Blanc was queer after a scene in the film appears to show him living with another man. “Yes, he obviously is,” Johnson replied. In the sequel to the 2019 star-studded blockbuster, set to start streaming on Netflix Dec. 23, the dapper detectiv…

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