Apple Doesn't Allow Villains to Use iPhones
28 Feb, 2023
"I don't know if I should say this or not," the Knives Out director Rian Johnson said in one of the "Notes on a Scene" episodes. "Not because it's lascivious or something, but because it's gonna screw me on the next mystery movie that I write. But forget it, I'll say it, it's very interesting. Apple, they let you use iPhones in movies—but, and this is very pivotal, if you're ever watching a mystery movie, bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera."
In the Knives Out scene Jamie Lee Curtis' character is using an iPhone while Chris Evans, who plays her onscreen son and is later revealed to be the main antagonist, does not have access an Apple device.
"Every single filmmaker who has a bad guy in their movie that's supposed to be a secret wants to murder me right now." said Johnson.