“It’s one of the funniest scenes in movie history.”
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‘Glass Onion’ director Rian Johnson has confirmed an unexpected inspiration for the film’s climax: the Mona Lisa scene.
At the end of this recent Netflix hit, Helen Brand (Janelle Monáe) destroys Miles Bron’s (Edward Norton) compound, Glass Onion, delivering to the flames the Mona Lisa, which Bron had borrowed from the Louvre.
In a chat with Spoiler Specialthe podcast of Empire, Johnson explained that Said destruction had as a reference a 1997 film, in which Mr. Bean ruins (unintentionally) a copy of the ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother’ after sneezing on it, making things worse and worse by trying to fix the mess.
During the conversation, Johnson also explained that the reproduction of the Mona Lisa that they used for the filming had to be destroyed by legal obligation.
“We had a talented local artist from Belgrade who did the recreation of the Mona Lisa and it was amazing to have her on set,” he stated.
“I didn’t know but, if you make a replica like that, you must destroy it after shooting (at least if it’s such a famous piece). You have to record yourself destroying the canvas to prevent the counterfeit trade.”
“Daniel Craig was concerned that people would be upset about destroying the Mona Lisa, but in ‘Mr. Bean’ did that and it’s one of the funniest scenes in movie historyso I figured nothing would happen,” Johnson concluded.
“That scene is very good.”
‘Knives in the Back: The Mystery of the Glass Onion’ is available at streaming between Netflix movies.
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