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Natasha Lyonne

OR NATASHA LYONNE, HUMOR IS ESSENTIAL FOR ANY DETECTIVE MYSTERY. “I do love that sense of television where it’s a very light touch. It’s a little bit, hey, come hang out again, you know?” She teamed up with creator Rian Johnson to make (Peacock, January She’s the dude. She’s really got this attitude of how did this crime fall into my apartment? I’m just sort of hanging out.” But the most important thing is to connect with the character, and that’s where the humor comes in. “In a detective show, it’s almost a way of saying that despite the impossible circumstances, [you] know that your rock in this series still has their wits about them and almost suspending disbelief that they’ll be able to get out of the twisted [case] they find themselves in.”

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