Whereas strolling the pink carpet to have fun Season 2 of the Peacock collection, each Lyonne and Johnson opened as much as TooFab how they go about casting the collection — which is full of movie star cameos.

“It is an attention-grabbing problem,” Johnson — who created the present and serves as government producer, author and director — started.

“As a result of we forged as we shoot, we forged week to week, and so it is at all times a little bit of a panic course of and we do have numerous actors who’re ,” he continued. “It is also these actors are probably the most proficient actors on the planet. In order that they’re very busy. And so it is at all times like doing a jigsaw puzzle on a shifting practice just a little bit.”

It is then that Lyonne hilariously crashed TooFab’s interview with the director.

“Oh, TooFab,” Lyonne mentioned. “What are you guys speaking about?” she requested, earlier than being stuffed her in on the subject of casting. “Oh my God yeah, do not forget that burner telephone we obtained? That was for casting. We’re 666-6666-6666,” the lead actress and fellow-EP joked.

“That is the factor. It does get actually right down to the wire at a sure level,” she continued. “So, it is lofty difficult or it is one in every of our buddies, and we expect there is a chew and a need, however then everybody has a schedule and kids and flights. And so the episode must be protected.”

Trying round, Johnson identified a number of the “unimaginable” visitor stars.

“It is fairly unimaginable. We have got Clea (DuVall), we have Melanie (Lynskey). It is insane,” he mentioned — earlier than Lyonne joked, “Blanche DuBois is over there, Barbara Stanwyck. Ludacris, Ludacris is right here tonight, people.”

The duo additionally managed to attain Cynthia Erivo on the peak in her profession proper now, after starring as Elphaba in Depraved. She takes on the feat of taking part in 5 completely different characters in Season 2 of the collection.

“She’s unimaginable,” Johnson teased. “As a result of we shot that episode in 10 days, which for the size of the script will not be plenty of time to shoot it, and it meant that we had been so tightly scheduled. So, she would actually do one half of the scene with one character, go and do a fast make-up change, come again and do the opposite half of the scene and he or she needed to preserve all of it in her head.”

The Knives Out director additionally pressured that Erivo was filming throughout her Depraved press tour

“I don’t know how she labored that arduous on the episode and was simply additionally such an absolute pleasure. So I simply bow down earlier than her. I actually hope I get to work together with her once more, she’s superb,” he added.

Johnson can also be preparing for the third installment of his Knives Out franchise, which stars Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc and an extended listing of huge names. As for who shocked him probably the most, he mentioned, “In many various methods, so lots of the forged did.”

“I actually love … Josh O’Connor, I feel he can do something. I feel he is miraculous. My director buddies are sick of me hyping up Josh O’Connor to them,” he revealed, earlier than mentioning one other actor who’s displaying a unique aspect to his performing skills within the movie.

“Additionally, Jeremy Renner, I really feel like he has some comedian scenes on this one which I feel individuals are going to be shocked by how weirdly humorous he’s within the film. I feel he must be doing extra comedy,” he added.

Johnson’s third Knives Out film, titled “Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller,” is scheduled to be launched globally on Netflix within the fall of 2025. It additionally stars Glenn Shut, John Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Thomas Haden Church and Andrew Scott.

Season 2 of Poker Face, starring Lyonne, premieres on Peacock on Thursday, Might eighth, 2025 — with the primary three episodes launching that day, adopted by weekly releases each Thursday.