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Agatha Christie is one of the most adapted authors in film and television. But despite how frequently her works are translated to the screen, director and screenwriter Hugh Laurie — who crafted the latest adaptation, “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” for BritBox — said it’s not as simple as transposing Christie’s plots to film. “You have to assume a rather arrogant position of assuming you know what it was the author was going for,” Laurie said in IndieWire’s latest Consider This interview.

The three-episode series tells the story of Bobby Jones (Will Poulter) who, while working as a golf caddy, discovers a dying man at the bottom of a cliff. The man’s final words are the title of the series and send Bobby on the trail of a murder mystery. Along the way he draws in former childhood friend and socialite Frankie Derwent (Lucy Boynton).

The character of Frankie, specifically, was a primary reason Laurie and Boynton wanted to work on the series. “I remembered it so fondly from my childhood when I read it,” said Laurie. “In this story, what I remembered most clearly, was my absolute infatuation with the character of Frankie Derwent.”

Boynton saw the character similarly, as a magnetic, three-dimensional woman. “[She] has such confidence in her drive, and her momentum, and in herself,” Boynton said. The actress said that she saw the words “moxie” and “gumption” when she envisioned the role.

“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?”

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“She’s such an interesting character because she’s set in a time when the English class system was so much more rigid. There were so many more limitations on women,” said Boynton.

And while the actress didn’t draw on any past characters for reference, there is a classic film feeling to the show. Laurie points out that just a year prior to the publication of “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans,” Dashiell Hammett released “The Thin Man,” and both novels possess a similar tone. “I’d be amazed if she [Christie] hadn’t read it,” said Laurie. The biggest difference between Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles and Christie’s Frankie and Bobby? The latter don’t drink as much.

You can watch the full interview above.

“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” is currently streaming on BritBox. 

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Written and directed by Hugh Laurie, this three-part series boasts a dazzling cast, some spectacular adventures, and a very British backdrop.

The mystery hinges on the cryptic question of the title - why didn't they ask Evans? - pronounced by a dying man, after a fall from the cliffs on a north Wales golf course. Bobby Jones and his whip-smart friend, socialite Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent, reunited after a decade apart, vow to answer the man's final question. These young adventurers will put their amateur sleuthing skills to the test, visiting England under dubious pretences to get to the bottom of the case. Expect danger, dodgy motors, and a ff-frightfully dysfunctional set of friends and acquaintances.

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? is available now on Britbox in Canada, South Africa, the UK and the US. It is available in France on Canal+, on SoHo in New Zealand, on ABC TV in Australia and on SonyLIV in India. Further international release dates to be announced.

Series synopsis

Based on the iconic 1934 Agatha Christie novel, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?Is adapted and directed by Hugh Laurie (House). The limited series follows the amiable Bobby Jones (Will Poulter, The Revenant) and his whip smart friend, socialite Lady Frances “Frankie” Derwent (Lucy Boynton, Bohemian Rhapsody). On the hunt for a lost golf ball, unsuspecting Jones discovers the crumpled body of a dying man who, with his last breath, gasps the cryptic question of the series’ title. Armed with only a photograph of a beautiful young woman found in the dead man’s pocket, these amateur sleuths embark on a crime-solving adventure and prove surprisingly adept at unearthing clues. The levity of the duo’s wit and banter belies the danger they continuously encounter as they pursue the answer to the mysterious question.

The series was commissioned by BritBox North America and produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited.

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