The first four episodes of Poker face streaming now on Peacock, Rian Johnson’s second murder mystery project to be released in just a few months. Of course, Johnson was also at the helm Glass Onion: A Mystery of the Blades who just earned an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Poker face stars Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale, a woman who knows when people lie. Each episode features new guest stars as Charlie unravels a murder seen at the beginning of the episode, much like the formula of Columbo. Recently, Get out star Lil Rel Howery spoke The Hollywood Reporter about playing a villain in the show’s third episode, “The Stall”, and meeting Johnson.

“Me and Rian met once before, when they were casting Glass onion. We talked about me possibly being a part of that. And that didn’t happen. But he has not forgotten me. And when this project came up, he called me in. I appreciate him. That means someone saw my potential,” Howery said.

The actor also talked about playing a villain, which isn’t a typical role for him…

“It’s so funny, I said to my team, this is one of the projects that goes into the next few things you’re going to see me this year that are all different. I’m playing around a bit. This is my dream job. It is something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid because I love TV. I love film. I’m a TV and movie nerd. I saw everything growing up on the big screen, on the small screen. so has been an interest where I’ve been able to pick some really random things where it feels like I’m actually high-fiving the 12-year-old me. Poker face is that. How it looks. The way it was shot. Being a bad guy. And there are a few other projects [coming up] where I’m in this cool place where I want to impress little boy,” Howery explained.

Which celebrities appear in Poker face?

Poker face starring major guest stars include Adrien Brody, Angel Desai, Audrey Corsa, Benjamin Bratt, Brandon Michael Hall, Charles Melton, Chelsea Frei, Cherry Jones, Chloë Sevigny, John Darnielle, Clea DuVall, Colton Ryan, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Hong Chau, Jasmine Aiyana Garvin, Jameela Jamil, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Light, Leslie Silva, Lil Rel Howery, Luis Guzmán, Megan Suri, Niall Cunningham, Nicholas Cirillo, Nick Nolte, Reed Birney, Rhea Perlman, Ron Perlman, Rowan Blanchard, S. Epatha Merkerson, Shane Paul McGhie, Simon Helberg, Stephanie Hsu, Tim Blake Nelson, and Tim Meadows.

The first four episodes of Poker face are now on Peacock and the fifth episode comes out February 2nd.