To everyone who loves Columbo, this is a great thing. It’s basically Columbo with her as the detective.’” And then it’s how Natasha Lyonne’s character is going to end up catching them.” And when Vulture asked The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle how he ended up being cast, he gave away the game: “I was probably bugging about something and he texted, ‘Want to talk to you about this TV show I’m doing with Natasha Lyonne. or Rockford Files or Columbo.” Or he’d explain that “like Columbo, we show you the murder in the first act. In interviews, Johnson has tiptoed around the inspiration, saying, “It’s kind of a throwback to Magnum P.I. But as no less a resource than the Columbophile Blog has pointed out, “ Poker Face could be a Columbo reboot in all but name.” Both Johnson and Lyonne are avowed Columbo-heads, with Lyonne once threatening to fight Mark Ruffalo over the right to play the titular lieutenant. To be fair, Poker Face isn’t literally a remake.
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