There’s a new adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal. This time it’s a Peacock/SKYTV series and stars Lashana Lynch and Eddie Redmayne, who’ve been promoting it around the world via several premieres.
Other stars of the show who are not featured in this post are Úrsula Corberó, Ben Hall, Sule Rimi, Florisa Kamara, Christy Meyer, Chukwudi Iwuji, Eleanor Matsuura, Martin McDougall, Lia Williams, Patrick O’Kane, Kate Dickie, Jon Arias, Adam James, and Stuart Whelan.
Summary: The Jackal (Redmayne) is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lynch) who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.
Lynch in Balenciaga and Redmayne in Tiger of Sweden at the Berlin premiere
Lynch in Moschino and Redmayne at the Rome press call
Lynch in Balenciaga and Redmayne at the Rome premiere
Lynch in Lurline and Redmayne in Saint Laurent at the London premiere
Lynch in Ottolinger and Redmayne in Dolce & Gabbana at the NY premiere
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For press junket/other promo stuff, Redmayne was on Jimmy Kimmel (talk about the show starts at 7:12)
And then Lynch and Redmayne spoke with BAFTA about their inspirations for the show
