Followers could have been stunned when Peacock canceled the Natasha Lyonne-led thriller sequence “Poker Face” after two seasons… however Lyonne wasn’t.
“We weren’t shocked!” Lyonne tells The Hollywood Reporter in a brand new interview concerning the abrupt finish of “Poker Face.” She even phrases it “information to some folks” since she and co-creator Rian Johnson actuallly crafted the Season 2 finale, which aired on Peacock in July, as a sequence finale.
Lyonne factors out that the finale was titled “The Finish of the Highway”: “That ought to have been somewhat clue, of us. We actually threw the automobile off a cliff!” Within the finale, Lyonne’s character Charlie Cale found her new pal Alex was truly a secret murderer, and she or he escaped earlier than Alex drove her beloved Plymouth Barracuda off a cliff. (Try our finale recap right here.)
So why did “Poker Face” fold its playing cards? As Lyonne explains, she has different ambitions proper now: “For me, child’s gotta direct some motion pictures. I have been speaking about it lengthy sufficient.” (She’s additionally set to write down and star in a British sci-fi comedy, “Power & Majeure,” with “What We Do within the Shadows” alum Matt Berry.) However she helps the thought of Peter Dinklage taking up because the star of future “Poker Face” seasons (“Peter can also be one among my favourite folks of all time”), and she or he hints she would possibly return as Charlie someplace down the highway: “Rian and I’d simply come again with old style, made-for-TV film similar to ‘Columbo’ want to.”
Russian Doll continues to be alive, too
One other of Lyonne’s well-known TV roles would possibly come again, too: that of time-loop traveler Nadia within the Netflix sequence “Russian Doll.” The present hasn’t aired since Season 2 debuted on the streamer in 2022, however Lyonne reveals to THR that an thought for a 3rd season continues to be percolating in her mind. “Sure. I am decided to do it” within the model of David Lynch, she says: “‘Fireplace Stroll With Me’ after which ‘Twin Peaks: The Return.’ I am decided to observe that mannequin. I am unable to let you know when I will hit up Netflix. But it surely’s incoming. It is in course of.”
Lyonne provides that “I am going to should go in and pitch it, I am certain. We’ll see in the event that they let me get away with it. However I do not know if that might be in two years, 10 or 20, or 35.” In different phrases: Do not maintain your breath.
However it’s good to know that extra “Russian Doll” could also be on the best way. In any case, Season 1 hauled in a complete of 14 Emmy nominations, together with nods for greatest comedy sequence and greatest lead actress in a comedy for Lyonne. Let’s simply hope we do not have to attend 35 years to see it.
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