LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – British actor Hugh Laurie, greatest recognized for taking part in an eccentric physician within the TV collection “Home”, brings what he says is his favorite Agatha Christie novel to the display screen together with his new TV present “Why Did not They Ask Evans?”.
The three-part mini-series was written, produced and directed by Laurie, who additionally stars in a supporting position.
“I’d say the novel has been a ardour of mine for a very long time,” Laurie, 62, instructed Reuters on the eve of the present’s debut.
“The extra I considered it, the extra I loved the thought of making an attempt to get what I believed was a form of comedian journey spirit onto the display screen.”
Hugh Laurie arrives for a particular presentation of The Private Historical past of David Copperfield on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Christie’s “Why Did not They Ask Evans?” was first printed in the UK in 1934.
The novel, and the TV present, centre across the affable Bobby Jones (Will Poulter), who finds a dying man close to the cliffs of the Welsh seaside. The stranger is barely in a position to utter the puzzling query of the title earlier than he dies. Collectively together with his childhood pal, Woman Frances “Frankie” Derwent (Lucy Boynton), Bobby units out to seek out what occurred to the person and supply a solution to his closing question.
“There is a snappy, virtually American sort of type to it that I feel she (Christie) was going for,” Laurie stated of his supply materials.
“I felt it was a really treasured factor to attempt to protect and possibly in some locations, go and discover a bit of additional. However I am making an attempt to be as trustworthy to the spirit of the factor as I may.”
“Why Did not They Ask Evans”, which additionally stars Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent and Paul Whitehouse, begins streaming on BritBox on Tuesday.
Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Enhancing by Lisa Shumaker
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