Like any good mystery , Knives Out(2019 ) is filled with twist that keep viewers guessing who the unfeigned baddie is throughout the movie . But there ’s a major clue as to who the good hombre and bad guys are hidden in plain sight . To recognize it , just face at what character of smartphone the characters are holding .

AsKnives Outwriter and theatre director Rian Johnson revealed in a late video recording forVanity Fair , Apple wo n’t let an iPhone come along on film if it belongs to a villain . " I do n’t know if I should say this or not , " Johnson said . " Apple , they rent you use iPhones in movies[ … ]but bad guys can not have iPhones on camera[ … ]Every single film maker who has a bad guy in their film that ’s supposed to be a closed book wants to mutilate me right now . " you may listen to the tidbit at the 2:50 - second mark in the video recording below .

Apple has long used product position in movies and television system shows to promote its brand . There ’s even reportedly an employee at Apple whose job it is towork with Hollywoodto get MacBooks and iPhones into the hands of grapheme on blind . The ubiquity of Apple gadgets in media think of the lack of one could be a legitimate plunderer in a murder mystery . Apple has also beentight - lippedabout its mathematical product placement rules , wee Johnson ’s Book of Revelation an especially juicy insight .

Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Christopher Plummer, K Callan, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, Riki Lindhome, Ana de Armas, Jaeden Martell, and Katherine Langford in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (2019).

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