Hugh Grant Confirms He's 'Married to James Bond' in 'Knives Out' Cinematic Universe

As debates over who will take over as 007 in the revamped franchise continue, Hugh Grant seems to be asking the question: why not introduce the first queer James Bond?

The 'Love Actually' alum joked he was married to the real Bond in Rian Johnson's 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery', with his cameo opening the door to possibly more appearances in the franchise. Daniel Craig plays detective Benoit Blanc in the mystery films, with Grant debuting as Blanc's husband.

"It's true, I'm married to James Bond," Grant said of his role in the Netflix movie. "It's the smallest little moment. I don't really know why they wanted to do it but anyway, I thought 'Knives Out 1' was great, and so yeah, I thought why not? I arrives a few hours…”

Writer-director Johnson previously shut down all speculation of a "Knives Out" prequel film showing Blanc's origin story, opting instead for "little glimpses" of Blanc's personal life, such as with Grant. Ethan Hawke, Natasha Lyonne, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and late icons Angela Landsbury and Stephen Sondheim also made cameo appearances in the following film.

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Johnson recently spoke out about keeping each film "standalone" within the "Knives Out" cinematic universe (a third episode is already planned on Netflix).

"Honestly, I'm pissed that we have 'A Knives Out Mystery' in the title. You know?" Johnson admitted to the Atlantic. "I want it to be just called 'Glass Onion.' 'attractive is that it's a new novel off the shelf every time. But there's a thousand-sun gravity to serialized storytelling.'

Johnson is currently set to collaborate with Lyonne on the Peacock series "Poker Face", inspired by black detectives like Philip Marlowe. Produced by Johnson, "Poker Face" follows private detective Charlie Cale (Lyonne), who travels across America to solve bizarre crimes.

Lyonne is directing an episode of the series and also producing the show, which stars Adrien Brody, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cherry Jones, Tim Meadows, Nick Nolte, Rhea Perlman, Ron Perlman, Jameela Jamil, Judith Light, Chloë Sevigny, Hong Chau, Lil Rey Howery, Stephanie Hsu, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Melton, Luis Guzmán, Ellen Barkin, Clea DuVall and Benjamin Bratt.

"Poker Face" creator Johnson previously said in a press release that the series is a "character-driven mystery of the week" that is an ode to the "goodness I grew up watching" . This is my happy place."

Lyonne added, "What [designer Johnson] does is just beautiful, and his work is nothing but heartfelt."

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