murder on the orient express david suchet

“It shows they are still hungry for good and trying to do the right thing. All of these things in our very materialistic, cynical world still touch people. People like his old fashioned behaviour, his love of right, his hate of wrong. Why has he endured? “Poirot is of his time, as we play him, in the Thirties when he was first created. They are genuinely interested in that strange little man.” David with the real Orient Express I continue to be amazed by how many countries show Hercule Poirot. She had been bought, for her birthday, a trip on the Orient Express because her favourite character in the whole of literature was Poirot. “I was getting on the train somewhere in Europe and this woman screamed. In a linked ITV1 documentary last Sunday(Dec19), viewers saw David embark on a “journey of a lifetime” aboard the real Orient Express, from London to Prague via Venice, even getting to drive the train at one stage.īut what the audience did not see was the reaction of one female fan.

“It is a big move for Poirot to be seen like this on British television, let alone around the world.” The all-star castĭavid has starred in 65 Poirot films since first taking on the role over 21 years ago but had to wait until the rights became available again for this novel before filming it.Ĭhristie’s inspiration for the story came, in part, from a real life 1929 incident which saw the Orient Express trapped in snow for 10 days around 60 miles from Istanbul.

“You see him in a dilapidated state, possibly for the first time ever. He suffers like everybody else on the train,” explains David, 64. But there is no electricity, no water, nothing. On board are Poirot, the body of a murdered American businessman and a mix of wealthy passengers, all suspects in the killing. Murder On The Orient Express (ITV1, Christmas Day, 9pm) finds the luxury train stranded in a snowdrift. He’s back as Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot in a brand new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s best loved novel, with a visual twist for fans. I was horrified when I first saw myself in the mirror,” recalls David Suchet. “IT will be a Poirot that viewers have never seen before. I’ve posted it online below, followed by a few extras for fans of both David and Hercule. I met up with David earlier this year to discuss his role in this iconic Poirot story.Īlong with the documentary he filmed about his own journey on the real train, screened on the same channel last Sunday. Twelve months on it’s ITV1’s big Christmas Day film at 9pm. IT was the Friday before last Christmas that David Suchet finished filming Murder On The Orient Express.

Murder on the orient express david suchet