Natasha Lyonne explains why Poker Face ended

It was reported final month that Peacock had determined to not renew Poker Face for a 3rd season, bringing an finish to the murder-mystery collection starring Natasha Lyonne. Whereas many followers have been shocked, Lyonne informed THR she thought the writing was on the wall after the second season finale, which was titled The Finish of the Street.

Natasha Lyonne on Poker Face Ending

“We weren’t shocked! Isn’t that humorous, how that occurs? ‘Information to some individuals,’ is what it ought to say!” she mentioned. “I’m so grateful that Rian and I directed a finale final season known as “The Finish of the Street” — that ought to have been slightly clue, people. We actually threw the automobile off a cliff!“

Nevertheless, there’s an opportunity the collection may very well be shopped to different networks with Peter Dinklage taking up the main position of Charlie Cale. If that occurs, Lyonne might be watching. “I am keen on [Peter] Dinklage,” she mentioned. “Sport of Thrones is clearly considered one of my favourite reveals, however Peter can also be considered one of my favourite individuals of all time. It’s sort of all excellent news.“

Though we might have seen the final of Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, she isn’t ruling out a potential “good old school, made-for-TV film identical to Columbo want to. Stranger issues have occurred!“

Leaving Poker Face Will Give Lyonne Time to Direct

“For me, child’s gotta direct some motion pictures,” she mentioned. “I’ve been speaking about it lengthy sufficient. I’m very grateful I acquired to direct TV and write a lot of it. I like what I do very a lot; I’m so grateful that I get to do it. And the unlucky factor a few human timeline is that, very like the sand within the hourglass, these are the times of our lives. I gotta get these motion pictures beneath my belt.“

It was lately introduced that Lyonne is ready to write down, direct, and produce Bambo, a film which follows a Brooklyn-born boxing-promoter father within the ’80s who tries and fails to grow to be the following Don King, and “takes his child daughter alongside for the hurly burly experience of tax evasion, cocaine, race vehicles, misplaced desires and heartbreak.“

What’s Poker Face About?

Poker Face “is a mystery-of-the-week collection following Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie, who has a unprecedented capability to find out when somebody is mendacity. She hits the highway together with her Plymouth Barracuda and with each cease encounters a brand new forged of characters and unusual crimes she will’t assist however clear up.“