‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?’: Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton on Adapting Agatha Christie (Exclusive)
etonline.comWill Poulter and Lucy Boynton lead Hugh Laurie’s star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel With the three-part series now streaming on BritBox, the two stars speak to ET about working with Laurie, who wrote and directed the project, and what it means to appear in an adaptation of the acclaimed author’s many murder mysteries. “Agatha Christie is legendary,” Poulter says. “So you feel honored, especially as a Brit, having an opportunity to work with her material.” In this case, Poulter portrays Bobby Jones, a local Vicar’s son, who finds himself teaming up with friend and socialite Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent (Boynton) to solve a murder after Bobby comes across a dying man whose last words are the cryptic question in the title.
Armed only with a photograph of a young woman found in the dead man’s pocket, the two amateur detectives soon find themselves consumed by the mystery as they search for the truth behind what happened. “And then you add Hugh Laurie to the equation,” Boynton says. “And it just felt like such a contemporary way to access this story and everything I loved about these characters.”She adds, “So much of the juiciest bits were brought to the forefront, especially with Frankie.
There’s initially a kind of darkness that hangs over her in the book and Hugh brought the comedy out much more.” “As Lucy said, Hugh added his own sort of seasoning to it that made it just so enjoyable,” Poulter continues, adding, “We had a blast doing it.” A lifelong fan of the novel, Laurie was delighted to be able to bring the story to the screen for the first time in over a decade. “It’s simultaneously a great honor, but it’s also a daunting honor,” the actor, who also appears in the series as Dr.
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