Marvel star Josh Brolin has a brilliant reason behind why he’s playing a priest in Knives Out 3 Wake Up Dead Man: “It’s like you manifest this sh*t”

Actor Josh Brolin may be playing a priest in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, but he didn’t need to pray to God to secure the role. Instead, he believes that he may have manifested it himself, an idea that was initially proposed by his wife.

As Brolin, who is arguably best known for portraying super-villain Thanos in the MCU, tells Total Film in our final issue, which features Gladiator 2 on the cover, he mentioned that he wanted to play a priest a year before he was cast in the upcoming Netflix thriller. The actor also praises the film’s director Rian Johnson, who has helmed every Knives Out instalment since the first film released in 2019.

He reveals: “Rian [Johnson] is probably my new favorite director. It was one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had. Incredible cast. I’m playing a priest. My wife reminded me… She said, ‘Do you remember a year ago you said that you wanted to play a priest? It’s like you manifest this shit.’”

Brolin will next be seen in action-comedy Brothers, where he stars as a reformed criminal whose attempt at going straight is thrown off course upon reuniting with his twin brother, who is played by Peter Dinklage.