David Suchet to play Robert Maxwell
David Suchet, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, is to play corrupt media tycoon Robert Maxwell in a new BBC2 drama.
The drama will look at the last months of Maxwell’s life, the scandal of his theft of £440 million from the paper’s pension fund and the mysterious circumstances of his death.
Suchet has revealed he only agreed to take the role with the approval of Maxwell’s widow Betty, who is played in the drama by Patricia Hodge.
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