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| David Suchet first played Hercule Poirot in 1989's The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (©ITV) |
You meet him as Agatha Christie wrote him; a little sunken old man in a wheelchair, still with his dyed black hair and moustache, but clearly arthritic.
Did you enjoy filming with Hugh Fraser (Captain Hastings) again?
It was lovely to be reunited with Hugh and have him back on set.
Do you remember your last day filming on the set of Curtain?
Yes I do! In a sense it was odd because we filmed this adaption slightly out of sequence and so my final scenes weren't actually what you might imagine them to be. The nature of filming is quite extraordinary!
If Agatha Christie was alive today, would there be anything you would like to say or ask her?
Yes, 'Was I okay? Would you have approved?' Only because I know she was famously anti everybody that played her characters.
Since you accepted the role in 1987, how has Poirot changed across the years?
Well, I hope very little, as I didn't want him to change too much. He's got older as I have over the years and I fleshed out certain areas of his psychology and his life.
How would you like Poirot to be remembered?
I would love Poirot to be remembered fondly and it goes without saying he is the greatest detective in the world.
Read the full interview (©ITV) here
Curtain airs at 8pm tonight on ITV
25 Years, 70 Films
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 - 2013
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