‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Cast on Complex Scripts, Bonding and a Role That ‘Doesn’t Hurt as Much’ as Playing James Bond

When asked about how playing a detective with an unidentifiable southern accent compares to playing the most famous spy of all time, Daniel Craig had a simple answer: “Doesn’t hurt as much.”

Of course, that just scratches the surface of the filmmaking machine that Rian Johnson has built around Benoit Blanc, whom Craig plays for a third time in “Wake Up Dead Man,” due out in theaters this Thanksgiving with a release on Netflix shortly thereafter.

This time around, with a title from a U2 song and a tale inspired by G.K. Chesterton’s Father Brown mysteries, Blanc is summoned by a police chief, played by Mila Kunis, to…