Natasha Lyonne revealed her talent for solving crimes with little more than insight in the first trailer for her upcoming detective series Poker Face.
In the video, released Thursday, the 43-year-old Russian Doll star plays a former casino worker who goes on the run while using her incredible deductive skills to solve crimes.
Created and partially written and directed by Knives Out mastermind Rian Johnson, the series features a bevy of famous faces, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrien Brody, Chloë Sevigny, and Jameela Jamil, among many others.
The series will take a mystery-of-the-week approach, with Johnson on hand to write and direct multiple episodes, while Lyonne will direct one herself and Zola director Janicza Bravo will direct the season one finale.
Detective work: Natasha Lyonne, 43, plays the casino worker-turned-sleuth in Rian Johnson’s comedy detective series Poker Face, which released its first trailer on Thursday.
What is it like to always know the truth? The smooth-talking Brody questions Lyonne’s character, Charlie Cale, at the beginning of the trailer.
“There’s nothing mystical about it, I just realized it,” Charlie explains in her raspy voice when they see her puzzled by something.
Brody’s character clarifies that she can tell when “someone is lying.”
But then Benjamin Bratt, who plays the head of security at the casino where Charlie works, intrudes into the conversation and adds a sinister element.
Suave: ‘What’s it like to always know the truth?’ The smooth-talking Brody questions Lyonne’s character, Charlie Cale, at the beginning of the trailer.
Finding Out: “There’s nothing mystical about it, I just realized it,” Charlie explains in her raspy voice when she’s puzzled by something. seen intrigued by something
Bad boy: But then Benjamin Bratt, who plays the head of security at the casino where Charlie works, butts into the conversation and adds a sinister element.
Charlie is clearly in danger, as she is later seen running down a hallway and dodging a bullet from a gunman.
Hellboy star Ron Perlman is seen talking to Bratt as he tells him, “You’re going to find Charlie Cale and you’re going to bring her to me.”
Danger sends Lyonne’s character on a cross-country road trip as she tries to outrun the men who are after her.
Heavy: Hellboy star Ron Perlman is seen talking to Bratt as he tells him, “You’re going to find Charlie Cale and you’re going to bring her to me.”
On the Road: Danger sends Lyonne’s character on a cross-country road trip as she tries to outrun the men who are after her.
She realizes that her truth-determining skills could help solve crimes and not just capture card traps after spotting a body going away.
It was not an accident! she says. I think there’s been a murder.
Next, Everything Everywhere All At Once star Stephanie Hsu is seen picking up a dagger, only to drop it while screaming when she realizes it’s covered in blood.
“You see too much Dateline,” jokes guest Ellen Barkin as she styles her hair to make a wig.
Something’s Wrong: He realizes that his truth-determining skills could help solve crimes and not just capture card traps after seeing a body carried away
AHA! It was not an accident! she says. I think there’s been a murder.
Deadly Present: Everything Everywhere All At Once star Stephanie Hsu is then seen picking up a dagger, only to drop it while screaming when she realizes it’s covered in blood.
Getting over her skis: ‘You see too much Dateline,’ jokes guest Ellen Barkin as her hair is tamped down for a wig
“I realized that he was lying,” Charlie says in a scene with Luis Guzmán.
‘Then what is this, a woman’s intuition?’ he questions her.
‘Not! It’s not like a tampon commercial, okay. It’s a real thing,’ she says, annoyed.
Riddles: “I realized I was lying,” Charlie says in a scene with Luis Guzmán. ‘Then what is this, a woman’s intuition?’ he interrogates her
Defensive: ‘No! It’s not like a tampon commercial, okay. It’s a real thing,’ she says, annoyed.
Bratt then ramps up the sinister factor when he tells Charlie he’s going to ride with him, either in the front seat or in the trunk.
She comically responds by turning and running.
The final scene shows a conversation where another woman cannot help but be a “human lie detector”.
Have you ever played? “Because you could make a killing,” she says, not knowing that Charlie used to work in a casino.
Poker Face premieres on Peacock on January 26 with its first four episodes, followed by a weekly show.
Ultimatum: Bratt then ramps up the sinister factor when he tells Charlie he’s going to go with him, either in the front seat or in the trunk.
Laughing: She comically responds by turning and running.
Nailed Down: The final scene shows a conversation where another woman can’t help but be a “human lie detector”. Have you ever played? “Because you could make a killing,” she says, not knowing that Charlie used to work in a casino.
Coming soon: Poker Face premieres on Peacock on January 26 with its first four episodes, followed by a weekly show