In AOL Entertainment News, it's being reported that David Suchet, who has portrayed Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot for over two decades, must relearn the character's voice with each new series of films. The actor admits he watches DVDs of previous episodes to remind him of how to play the part of the Belgian detective.
"It's odd," he says, "I've been working on his voice for 20 years, but every time I play him I have to find it again."
It's hard to believe now that Suchet was originally under contract for only one season, with an option for a second. Appointment with Death, his 61st episode as Poirot, is expected to air on ITV in the UK in early 2010 (and presumably soon thereafter in the US). Suchet's now looking to complete the entire body of work. "That would be a wonderful thing to achieve. When we come to the last story, where Hastings sees Poirot as a frail, little old man in a wheelchair, that will be it. My Poirot will have come to an end."
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