In a film featuring a series of movie star performances of (sometimes literal) killers, “Glass Onion: A Knife Out MysteryThe character that has received the most ink since it premiered on Netflix on December 23rd is the corona-laden slacker Delol, who only briefly appears in a handful of scenes but steals them all. am. It is played by Noah Segan who has appeared in every work. Ryan JohnsonSo far, Deroll has taken on a life of his own, becoming a favorite even around murder mystery action, and perhaps that’s why it’s become a meme.
Johnson says that while it may not have been important to the film’s tightly wound plot machinery, it gained importance with each scene in which he wrote Deroll.[Derol] The whole thing started out kind of like Comic Runner,” says Johnson. “And oddly enough, it’s become more and more important because comic runners tend to do it.” A hanger-on who doesn’t seem to be part of the entourage of or important people, but is always just around, he says the character creates a delightful bit of unpredictability that keeps audiences off balance. “I think it became very important that there was actually this confusion in the middle of such a jam-packed story.”
After a string of collaborations dating back to Johnson’s debut film, Brick, the filmmaker explains that there’s another reason he’s adding Deroll to his film. Noah Segan, on set, it seemed like a pretty fun way to do it.
Segan says that even if he could predict he’d be able to play the character in Johnson’s film, he never expected it. “There are no expectations between us other than that we love being together and we love being together on set,” Segan says. What do I do? But I tend not to have a clear picture of what I’m doing with Leanne until I read the script.”
“With ‘Glass Onion,’ Deroll was obvious. When I read it, I felt like, oh, we got a little meta here.” His character and eccentric billionaire Miles Bronn (Edward Norton), but he and Johnson.
The character was played by one of the filmmaker’s oldest friends, but he was inspired and named after another. It’s Delor Fry. A friend of Johnson’s since middle school, Frey gave his surname to Brendan Frey, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in “Brick.” Graphics His designer and Santa Cruz resident said he was thrilled when Rian showed what he owe to the sequel to “Knives Out.”
“In April 2021, he took a picture of my shirt when we were having a barbecue at my parents’ house because I was in a band called Little Petty and the Mean Old Men and this one Because I had a limited number of shirts. [of the band] I made it,” Frye recalls. “He said he was going to make a character called Deroll in ‘Glass Onion’ and that Little Petty and the Mean Old Men would be his favorite band.” Fry admits that he was initially worried about the public reaction to his on-screen proxy, given Segan’s pedigree as Trooper Wagner, a superfan of the charming and goofy murder mysteries in . “I just found out that Noah is going to play him, and I’m like, ‘Wait, are you going to make a fool of this guy?’
Frye says Johnson reassured him that the character “would be the coolest guy in the movie,” but that he shares some qualities with the fictional Deroll, or at least “Whenever he came out with a movie, we all went to see it. [attend], because it’s an excuse to ride. And I’m like, ‘Okay, where do you live? So maybe that’s part of it. When we were kids, I had long hair and was kind of a hippie. “
“I also drink Mexican beer all the time these days, so maybe that’s part of that, too,” Frye added, revealing that the film deviates from key details of his own consumption habits. . “My beer of choice is Tecate, so it’s kind of funny that Noah was cruising with Corona.”
Johnson admitted that his hair was heavily influenced by Séguin’s “Michael Landon-esque” locks during the pandemic, but explained Deroll’s actions like a charismatic detective navigating these mysteries. I didn’t purposely come up with a more detailed backstory to do… exactly how he came to live in a guest room on Bronn’s private island. , something pleasant for me.”
Seguin, on the other hand, says he’s never met the real Deroll, but borrows what he’s heard about him from Johnson. I live a fun, party-loving life,” Seguin says. “I think it makes a lot of sense that Ryan named this character with this kind of clout and vibe that it was named after this guy who is Ryan’s dearest old friend. .”
Although he still had some reservations about the character after attending the Los Angeles premiere, Fry says he later realized how right Johnson was about Deroll’s presence in the film. I saw the movie again when it came out in theaters on , and I texted him and said, ‘You’re right. He was the coolest guy in the movie. definitely stole the show’.
After successfully transforming the longtime star of “Glass Onion,” Johnson confesses that he’s still unsure how he’ll reimagine Seguin for his next collaboration. It’s a lot of work in the industry,” he says. He’s eager to work with Johnson again (and has just done so in the upcoming Peacock series, Poker Face), but is still debating what role he’ll play in the next film. “I really don’t know where he is in the process,” says Segan. “And that’s because his process is incredibly cerebral. He makes it look so easy because everything happens in his head.”
“Having him actually sit down to type the script is really kind of the last step,” continues Segan. “So one day he’ll say, ‘Hey, I sat down to start writing.’ And then a few weeks later, the script was ready. It’s great.”
Conversely, even with another Benoit Blanc mystery on the horizon, Frey isn’t optimistic that Johnson will borrow another character from his life again. But I don’t think he’ll ever use it,” he says.