“What started as a discussion over steak frites about detective shows and what made them such a reliable pleasure - the exploration of little worlds within each new setting, the guest stars playing killers and victims, and most importantly, a scrappy protagonist you were always ready to kick back with and see win - ultimately resulted in the creation of Charlie.” “Never underestimate the power of a good dinner conversation between friends,” wrote Johnson and Lyonne in a press release.
Not everything is a Sunday drive, though - someone is after Charlie Cale, and they won’t rest until she’s brought in. in her Plymouth Barracuda, sticking her nose into the strange local crimes. Armed with nothing but her flask and quick wit in the stylish trailer, Lyonne wanders the U.S. Russian Doll’s Natasha Lyonne plays Benoit Blanc Charlie Cale, a traveling sleuth with a preternatural ability to tell when someone’s lying in the upcoming Peacock mystery-of-the-week series, Poker Face. Rian Johnson is taking his mystery tales to the small screen.
