Josh Brolin explains why 'intense experience' of filming Knives Out sequel was ‘like an orgy’

Josh Brolin certainly likes his Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery co-stars.

The film is the third instalment on the popular Knives Out franchise which, like the first two films, boasts an all-star cast.

Daniel Craig is, of course, back as Benoit Blanc, while the likes of Mila Kunis, Josh Brolin, Jeremy Renner, Glenn Close, and Andrew Scott join the quirky detective on his latest murder mystery.

While some may find it difficult working alongside so many big personalities, the Wake Up Dead Man cast seemingly got on like a house on fire.

Speaking about being 'thrilled' to be included in the movie, Fatal Attraction star Close said, as per Entertainment Weekly: "I never thought of myself in one of the Knives Out movies, and I was so thrilled to be included."

The Wake Up Dead Man cast pictured at the Toronto International Film Festival (Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Netflix)

Going on to gush about her colleagues, the 78-year-old continued to say at a Q&A at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend: "We just became this wonderful ensemble company. And we kept each other company through the whole shoot.

"We were always in our tent laughing, sleeping, reading, getting to know each other. It's one of the great gifts to have such an intense experience with people who you know will be your dear friends for the rest of your life."

Marvel actor Brolin then chimed in and said that all their chemistry was so intense that it was 'like an orgy'.

Reacting to his quip, Kunis said to him: "Oh my God. Really, Josh?"

The Family Guy alumni then shared similar sentiments to Close. "This has been a dream," Kunis said, adding: "An absolute dream to work with everybody, and one of the greatest productions I've ever been on and probably will ever be on."

Josh Brolin said the chemistry between them all was 'like an orgy' (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

She proceeded to thank the film's director Rian Johnson for bringing them all together.

While the upcoming film, which drops on Netflix in December, already has a pretty stellar line-up, there are some famous faces that Johnson has previously spoke about wanting to include that aren't in the film... that being The Muppets.

The idea of a Muppets crossover was a joke at first, but Johnson appeared to be in favor of it.

He said back in 2023: "It's a joke that I thought was pretty brilliant, and I ended up really giving [it] some serious thought."

However, he admitted that he was unsure the crossover would work.

Johnson shared at the time: "As much as I take the murder mystery genre seriously, I take the genre of a Muppet movie seriously, I think those two things have very different rules."