Hercule Poirot is here. Well, not quite yet – but a first look at him is.
The BBC and BritBox revealed first-look images of Edward Bluemel (My Lady Jane, Killing Eve, Sex Education, A Discovery of Witches) as a young Hercule Poirot in the upcoming six-part series Hercule from Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Ltd. on Friday. Check them out in the main image of this article and a shot from a bit more of a distance below.
The series, which has started filming in Liverpool, is described as “an intimate study of Hercule Poirot, the man, and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars.” Hercule will center around three of Christie’s early stories of the Belgian detective, while also introducing the famous sleuth to future friends and allies and, according to a synopsis, “one particular nemesis … .”
Previously unveiled to join Bluemel in the cast of the new series were Henry Ashton (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder), James D’Arcy (Oppenheimer, Constellations), Calvin Demba (Supacell, Life), Phil Dunning (Smoggie Queens, Am I Being Unreasonable?), Jack Gleeson (House of Guinness, In the Land of the Saints and Sinners), Tamsin Greig (Riot Women, Friday Night Dinner), James Nesbitt (Cold Feet, Run Away), Guy Remmers (The Buccaneers, Lessons), Rebecca Rittenhouse (His & Hers, Maggie) and Mawaan Rizwan (Juice, The Split Up).
