[This story contains major spoilers from the finale of The Day of the Jackal.]
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne says he was initially reluctant to join The Day of the Jackal when he was first approached.
“I loved the original movie and the Frederick Forsyth book. So when the first three scripts arrived in my inbox, there was a level of hesitation because you don’t want to butcher something you love,” Redmayne tells The Hollywood Reporter.
But he was sold once he realized that Peacock and Sky had modernized Fred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 big screen adaptation. “I read the first episode or two of this series and I found it so propulsive and compelling and the character so enigmatic, that I just wanted to know what happened next,” says Redmayne.
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