Hugh Laurie, of course, is known as a multi-Emmy nominated actor, especially in the series. Home Moreover. But it is also an increasingly sophisticated force. behind The camera too, and it proves it once again in Agatha Christie’s new session Why wasn’t Evans asked? For which he wrote the screenplay, director, executive producer and even Dr. Nicholson. The Britbox show features Will Polter and Lucy Boyton and is filled with stuff that Christie fans flock to; While it’s not as well known as Hercule Poirot’s books, it’s still an example of why Christie’s never goes out of style.
Based on Christie’s 1934 cult novel, this limited-action mystery follows the son of a local vicar, Bobby Jones (Polter), and his intelligent socialist friend, Lady Frances “Frank” Dervent (Boynton), on an adventure that solves crimes after finding a corpse, which with its last breath breathes the mysterious reading of the title. Armed only with the photograph of a young woman found in the dead man’s pocket, the amateur investigators seek and seek the answer to the mystery.
Laurie and Boyton joined in at the screening of Deadline’s virtual screening series on Tuesday night, followed by a conversation that can be seen in the video above. Lori explained why she took on the challenge of making this fun appeal for the new generation.
“I didn’t fully appreciate how difficult it was going to be. He was motivated by an almost childlike enthusiasm for the story, for the character Lucy played, for the insidious enigma at the center of the novel, and simply for her world. The world created by Agatha Christie, I think … I accidentally think this novel is unusual. “Well, it’s unique, I think, because the novel has a light, comic spirit,” she said. “I don’t find myself particularly in Poirot’s short stories, which were very successful until she wrote them in 1934, and that must have bothered him. Her editor and her agent cut their hair. When he said he didn’t want to make another Poirot. I’ll drop it and I’ll do it, but I love the story for that reason. In fact, I think there is something fascinating about it. I think they are fashion heroes and this is the history of fashion. “
Lori also talked about how difficult it is to move her to England and Wales, a difficult enough task for the team, but it is for the project.
“Well, I think that adds a lot to the story. I think this is one. The movement of history is a very important part of its atmosphere. Actually they are … these two characters follow the trail and literally follow in the footsteps. They actually go A, B, C, D and go from place to place. “Logistically, in practice, it has been an incredibly difficult task, because we change locations almost every day and it’s incredibly difficult for everyone,” she said. “They have to put everything in a new place every day. I have absolutely no sympathy for the people who work with me, so I didn’t care, but he made it very difficult for him, but if you’re obviously making a story in one place, you can settle down. You can stop the computer. You know where everything is. You know, you have everything at your fingertips. When we were a very traveling circus, whatever it was … like I said, it was both good and bad. It was hard to do, but I think that’s the good news. “
As for Boynton, who has a chosen role on the project, he was particularly excited to work with Lori and says directing someone who is also an actor is an advantage.
“I think it changes your communication on the whole project, but mostly on the characters, and what I liked is how much Hughes loves these characters, so you immediately feel safer in his hands because he is loving. And considering the accuracy of the acting, I’m also convinced that the life and electricity that is in the character are constantly being provided on a daily basis in every scene. “So knowing that he’s protected allows you as an actor to act more freely,” he said. “And the dynamic changes too because I think when you talk to another actor you lose the feeling from the inside. So, instead of having an external perspective like the director has on the whole tapestry, that’s it, but also this intimate understanding of how you find the character in every moment of the scene, and it’s very emotional. their nuclei. So the awareness of being covered was also, yes, safe hands, but it was a lot of fun. “
Watch the interview in the video above. Why wasn’t Evans asked? Now streaming on Britbox.
Source: Deadline
