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Eddie Redmayne’sDay of the Jackalhas come out swinging, a remake of one of the most celebrated spy thrillers in modern times, based on the seminal 1971 thriller of the same name, written by Frederick Forsyth. The show, which is now streaming on Peacock, decided to add one unforeseen twist in the tale, which not only changes the way the story is told but also sets up a wider narrative for the story to go into.
Eddie Redmayne spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about how this was the plan from the get-go, and how the production wanted to continue The Jackal’s story beyond what the novel and previous adaptations have managed to do.
The show’s twist ending is a major deviation from the original story
In the original ending of the film, the Jackal is executed by the investigating officer that has been assigned to him, bringing his story to an end. However, in the latest adaptation of the novel, Redmayne instead found his character killed the intelligence operative assigned to him, making sure that The Jackal lives to star in another season. Speaking withThe Hollywood Reporterabout the change, he said:
When I signed on for the series, there was an aspiration for the Jackal story to continue. So I knew that was going to be the twist.
With this original twist in the show, the narrative for the next season is set, the plot of which was also speculated about byEddie Redmaynein the interview. He had a lot of spotlight after the show and received a lot of acclaim for his acting and execution in the story, which he called a ‘celebration of performance’, talking about the nature of his character’s ability to disguise himself.
Eddie Redmayne has some ideas about what the sequel of the show could be
When talking about the future ofThe Day of the Jackal, Eddie Redmayne talked about how his character might deal with the conflict of the coming season. While nothing official has been released, Redmayne said:
It’s a big question, how much the money means to him. I think it’s more about disrespect, isn’t it? There’s an addict quality to the Jackal, an addiction to what he does,
The idea thatThe Day of the Jackalhas been turned into a franchise that can last more than a few seasons, has very exciting prospects. Usually when things are adapted from books and other media, there is this unspoken need to be as accurate as possible to the source material. However,The Day of the Jackalmight have opened a new way of adapting stories.
The Day of the Jackalcan be streamed on Peacock
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Anuraag Chatterjee, Web Content WriterWith a passion for writing fiction and non fiction content, Anuraag is a Media Science graduate with 2 year’s experience with Marketing and Content, with 3 published poetry anthologies. Anuraag holds a Bacherlor’s degree in Arts with a focus on Communication and Media Studies.
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