Will The Real Poirot Please Stand Up

[naomi24]

I tried watching Murder on the Orient Express with the excellent Kenneth Branagh as Poirot - but he just doesn't cut it.  He just felt 'wrong'.   David Suchet is a hard act to follow in that role.  I feel the same about Daniel Craig as Bond.   Sean Connery or Roger Moore he ain't.  

 

Which actors do you think have been entirely miscast in movies?

[barry1010]

My wife enjoyed the Agatha Raisin series of books but thought Ashley Jensen was all wrong in the tv series.

[Redhelen72]

TTT is it Netflix or Prime - I agree though it is excellent and far more suitable casting

[bhg481]

I watched a Reacher series on Prime.

[ToraToraTora]

Yes Prime, not netflix

[granny grump]

Margaret Rutherford as MissMarple - just not right

[zebo]

Adam Dalgleish, the PD James detective, was always Roy Marsden for me, much as I like Martin Shaw he seemed wrong and the other one, Bertie Carvel, was even worse.

 

Branagh was poor as Poirot but he has a history of taking a character and trying to reinvent it, why he thought he could play Wallender is way beyond me.

[brainiac]

Rowan Atkinson as Maigret - risible.

[Toorak]

I agree with captain2 re Rebus and Ken Stott - when I read the books that was exactly how I visualised Rebus. John Hannah was just not right - too young and too 'unlived in'

[bednobs]

although holmes will (like others) always be basil rathbone, henry cavil did a good job in the enola holmes films

[Toorak]

I think Damien Lewis could make a good Holmes

[tomus42]

I agree with you about Brannagh. He's just not Poirot. I thought Albert Finney was good in the 1970s film.

[Cloverjo]

I agree with Barry1010 on Agatha Raisin. She's so not how she comes across  in the books. I see her as more like Alexandra Shulman; a fashion type, but a little bit frumpy, too. 

I can't bear to watch Suchet's mimsying and the silly moustache. I guess KB wanted to put his own stamp on the role, but that dead squirrel strapped to his face didn't help at all. 

[Hopkirk]

Roger Moore played Bond too comedically. I actually thought George Lazenby a good choice.

[vulcan42]

Steve Martin should never have been cast as Inspector Clouseau, he was dreadful.

[Canary42]

Miscast ?

I'm surprised Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins hasn't turned up yet.

[bednobs]

well it's not ike he's a character played by different people, like poirot, miss M or holmes, which is what this thread is about i think

[zebo]

//I'm alover of all things Rebus, but I can't watch the TV series with John Hannah. Rebus HAS to be played by Ken Stott, that's who I see/saw when I read the full series of books.//

 

Didn't Hannah's company initially have the rights to the Rebus books, hence his portrayal in the first series?  Stott is perfect for Rebus, I wonder if they'll make any more?

[William51]

 I have not seen Branagh as Poirot but in photographs his moustache looks like an oversized sprouting twig.