Tag: The Serpent
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BBC, BritBox Set New Agatha Christie Adaptation ‘Murder is Easy’
Agatha Christie’s “Murder is Easy” is set to be adapted into a two-part film by BBC One, iPlayer and BritBox International.Set in the sleepy English village of Wychwood under Ashe in 1954, “Murder is Easy” tells the story of Luke Fitzwilliam who finds himself on the trail of a serial killer after meeting Miss Pinkerton…
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How ‘The Serpent’ Star Tahar Rahim Let Go of the ‘Dark Energy’ From Playing a Serial Killer
No doubt playing a serial killer could really mess with one’s psyche. Just ask Tahar Rahim.The actor portrays real-life 1970s French murderer Charles Sobhraj in Netflix’s eight-episode “The Serpent.” When they first began shooting, he thought he was able to leave the work behind him when he went home at the end of the day.…
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‘The Serpent’ Review: Tahar Rahim Is a Monstrous Criminal Mastermind in Chilling Netflix Drama
There’s always a tricky question of semantics when it comes to stories about criminals who deal in deception. The lines between the points where one persona ends and another begins make it difficult to focus on who the “real” figure at the center is.That’s true for “The Serpent,” the eight-part limited series about the life…
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‘The Serpent’ Trailer: Tahar Rahim is a Seductive Serial Killer in Netflix Limited Series
Tahar Rahim is currently a dark-horse awards contender for his performance in The Mauritanian, a legal thriller based on the memoir of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who was innocent for the crimes for which he was imprisoned. But in the upcoming Netflix limited series The Serpent, Rahim is playing a real-life con man and serial…