And I thank goodness now that I made that choice, that (he) died and a few weeks later I was doing another Poirot story. "Playing his death in the studio was the most difficult day's filming I have ever had in my career of 47 years," Suchet says. The story takes place in the same setting as The Affair at Styles, the initial mystery that teamed Poirot and Hastings. Suchet, who has also been an executive producer since 2003, opted to film Curtain first. I still have people on my Twitter page saying they cannot watch it, and they won't." "You would think, because it's been on the bookshelves since the 1970s, that people would know. "There will be a segment of the American audience that (doesn't) know he dies," Suchet says. Ill and bed-ridden for much of the story, Poirot passes away before the case is resolved. Hastings (Hugh Fraser), Assistant Commissioner Japp (Philip Jackson), Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) and mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver (Zoe Wanamaker).Īnd - spoiler alert! - there's a reason Curtain is truly the detective's final mystery. The last wave of movie-length episodes reconnects many prominent recurring characters from previous installments, including Capt. At least until later in the year, when Acorn syndicates the episodes to local public TV stations. 18) and Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (Aug. And Acorn TV will be the only place to view the last three episodes: Elephants Can Remember (Aug.
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