The mis-cast actor is far too young. :-(
The only consolation is that they did not cast a woman or a "person of ethnicity" or a "person with a disabilty" simply to appease the BBC's Politically Correct quota ... at least not yet, it remains to be seen
who the rest of the cast will be!



New Hercule Poirot Cast for Agatha Christie TV Show
Following Kenneth Branagh Movies
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Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot has found a new face after Kenneth
Branagh's most recent portrayals. The actor playing Poirot in the
BBC's upcoming TV show based on the popular fictional detective has
finally been revealed.

Who has been cast as Hercule Poirot in the new Agatha Christie TV show?
It's been confirmed that Edward Bluemel, best known for his roles in
Killing Eve,?My Lady Jane,?and?Sex Education, will play Hercule Poirot
in the BBC TV show Hercule, reports Deadline. The actor has also
appeared in We Might Regret This, Belgravia: The Next Chapter, and
A Discovery of Witches, among others.

Interestingly, Bluemel, at 33, will be the youngest actor to play
Hercule Poirot in a live-action project. The most recent iteration of
the Belgian detective on screen was brought to life by Kenneth Branagh.
He both starred in and directed a trilogy of movies, including Murder
on the Orient Express (2017), Death on the Nile (2022), and A Haunting
in Venice (2023).

BBC's upcoming Hercule TV show is set to release for streaming on
BritBox, which is also co-producing the project. The show is confirmed
to have three seasons. The official logline for the series reads, "The
series is an intimate study of Hercule the man and an epic portrait of
Britain between the wars. The series takes a magnifying glass to three
of Christie's most celebrated stories, while also charting Hercule's
burgeoning friendship with Captain Arthur Hastings, his early
encounters with Scotland Yard's James Japp, and introducing him to one
particular nemesis."

Hercule has Benji Walters and Jonny Campbell as the executive producers.
Additionally, James Prichard, Rebecca Durbin, Damien Timmer, Nick
Lambon, Robert Schildhouse, Jon Farrar, and Stephen Nye are also
executive producing.

Prichard expressed his excitement after Bluemel joined the cast as
Hercule Poirot. "Edward Bluemel is an extremely talented performer and
will make a great addition to the long line of actors that have played
this celebrated character," he said.

The Hercule TV show has yet to receive an official release date window.



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