There was a time — years ago, mind you — that “Rickrolling” someone was the peak of internet humor.
If you don’t know what this is, bless your either young or old heart. The nearly 20-year-old prank was simple: You’d get someone to unknowingly click the link to the cheesy music video for Rick Astley’s ’80s classic “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Boom, you’ve just been Rickrolled.
Well, in a neat bit of synergy, the latest installment of the beloved-by-the-internet series Knives Out actually shared a location with the filming of “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Director Rian Johnson confirmed on Bluesky that the gym scene in Wake Up Dead Man was shot where Astley filmed his classic music video. Surprisingly, not that much of anyone cared on set.
“This is true, and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares),” he wrote in response to a post that pointed out the fun fact.
For the curious, it appears that the shared location is the Harrow Club in London, which was once a church. So, yes, Wake Up Dead Man and “Never Gonna Give You Up” share some creative DNA. What a world.
Source: The Rickroll and Wake Up Dead Man share a surprising connection
