Originally published: October 11, 2020 by Louise Freeman 2 Comments
We interrupt the fascinating discussion of Troubled Blood for a brief review of another recent Cormoran Strike release: the Bronte Film and Television production of Lethal White for the BBC. It premiered on August 30 in the UK, and, at four episodes, was the longest Strike season to date. The most notable bit of casting was Robert Glenister, brilliant narrator of all five Strike audiobooks, as Jasper Chiswell. We Yanks haven’t had official access to the production yet, though it, like the other Strike series, will presumably turn up on Cinemax.
But, a YouTuber calling himself Nikolas Ravenclaw has posted all four episodes (with Greek subtitles) as well as the two Career of Evil episodes. US Strike fans might be well-advised to seek it out before the copyright police step in.
I have watched the series a couple of times and have written out my impressions here after the jump. Many spoilers ahead!
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Did you see the series starring Holliday Grainger as a DCI, ‘The Capture’ in the advertisement picture? From the series’ Wikipedia page:
Ms Grainger gave birth to twins a year ago so it must not be a stretch for her to play a character (characters?) who are exhausted, consumed by a vocation, and torn between the priorities of motherhood and a job she loves and at which she excels. ‘The Capture’ is in its second season so I assume she is as good in the leading role of DCI Rachel Carey as she was as Estella in ‘Great Expectations’ — the film in which Harry Potter met the Strike series — and she is as Strike’s “sidekick” (egad!).
I still have not watched ‘Career of Evil’ or the ‘Lethal White’ Bronte Studio’s adaptations and doubt that I will catch ‘Troubled Blood’ on teevee, either. (It galls me to have the handsome and short Cormoran Strike in my head already, though Ms Grainger’s only problem as Robin is she is much more attractive than the actress playing Charlotte…). I look forward, though, to reading here the tidbit clues Rowling drops via the approved scripts, cf. Prof Freeman’s note above about Izzy.
Because of the two pictures of Holliday Grainger, I thought the whole paper was a spread on Troubled Blood and was a little annoyed with Professor Freeman for cutting off the left side at first. Apologies!
The first season of The Capture was really good. It’s interesting to see Holliday Grainger go from Estella and wicked stepsister from the live action Cinderella to detective Partner and police drama.
Are we to assume from the pictures, because the character that Ms Grainger plays in ‘The Capture’ has relatively short hair compared to the strawberry blond locks of Ms Ellacott, that the actress wears a wig in her ‘Strike’ role?