Daniel Craig says he was 'blessed' to act alongside Angela Lansbury in 'Glass Onion': 'My favorite movie is Bedknobs and Broomsticks'

• Daniel Craig said the cast was "blessed" by Angela Lansbury's cameo in "Glass Onion."
• Lansbury died of natural causes on Tuesday at the age of 96.

"Glass Onion" star Daniel Craig said the cast was "blessed" to have the late Angela Lansbury make a cameo in the upcoming "Knives Out" movie.

Lansbury, known for her role in CBS' long-running murder mystery, "Murder She Wrote," died of natural causes on Tuesday at the age of 96. The Tony-winning actress makes her final acting appearance in the "Knives Out" sequel.

During a press conference at the London Film Festival, both Craig and the director Rian Johnson spoke about the "honor" of Lansbury agreeing to cameo in the highly-anticipated mystery movie.

"Angela Lansbury has been in my life all my life," Craig said. "I mean my favorite film is 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.'"

Lansbury starred as the lead in the 1971 Disney movie, where she played an apprentice witch.

Craig added: "We were so blessed and also what an incredible life."

Stephen Sondheim, who died in November 2021, also made a cameo alongside Lansbury due to their former affiliations with on-screen murder mysteries.

Johnson said of the late celebrities: "They were so kind and so generous. When we thought, 'my God, do you think they would ever do it?' We didn't think they would and both of them were so cool and Angela was so fun."

He continued: "I went to her house with my laptop to film her doing her little bit and she's like, 'I don't know what any of this means so just tell me if I'm saying it right.'"

Johnson also said it was "really special" that he was able to tell both stars what their work meant to him as a "murder mystery junkie."

"Anyone who knows the mystery genre, Sondheim has deep roots in it," Johnson said. "He was a puzzle fiend but he also co-wrote with Anthony Perkins one of my favorite movies 'The Last of Sheila' which we take a page from in this movie. So for a lot of reasons it meant a lot to have him up there."

"Glass Onion," starring Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, and Dave Bautista, premieres in theatres on November 11 for a limited time. It arrives on Netflix on December 23.