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‘The Residence’ Team on Casting Kylie Minogue, Honoring the Late Andre Braugher and How ‘Knives Out’ Rescucitated the Whodunit Genre
'The Residence' team discuss how 'Knives Out' ifluenced the Netflix/Shondaland show, casting Kylie Minogue and honoring the late Andre Braugher.
“It resuscitated the genre,” showrunner Paul William Davies told Variety at “The Residence” premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday, revealing that Johnson’s film was a “hugely important” guidepost for his show in the way that it drew inspiration from 1970s whodunits. “The Residence,” which is now streaming on Netflix, stars Uzo Aduba as the wildly eccentric detective (and legendary birder) Cordelia Cupp, who is tasked with solving a murder that takes place during a White House state dinner. The cast and crew of “The Residence” — (L-R) Ken Marino, Susan Kelechi Watson, Eliza Coupe, Al Mitchell, Betsy Beers, Edwina Findley, Uzo Aduba, Julieth Restrepo, Dan Perrault, Paul William Davies, Bronson Pinchot, Al Franken, Shonda Rhimes, Mel Rodriguez, Giancarlo Esposito, Randall Park, Jason Lee, Mary Wiseman — with Netflix’s Nne Ebong, Peter Friedlander, Emily Levitan and Andrew McQuinn.
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