I’m a huge fan of the “Poirot” series of films, and even though there are several other actors who have portrayed the portly, OCD detective, no one has been more successful to me than David Suchet. Sadly, according to Tellyspotting, Suchet is hanging up his hat as Poirot after 65 films over the past 22 years.

According to the site, Suchet feels terrible that the Poirot saga of films coming to a close. The final five adaptations of the last Poirot novels–“Curtain,” “Labours of Hercules,” “Dead Man’s Folly,” “The Big Four” and “Elephants Can Remember”–will begin production this October, meaning Suchet would have starred in every adaptation of every Agatha Christie “Poirot” novel. An amazing feat, for sure.

“I’m more than delighted to be reprising my role as Poirot,” said Suchet. “It’s been my life’s ambition to bring this amazing canon of works to completion.” He also told the BBC after the opening night of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” “I’m excited, I will feel as though I have achieved a dream. But I’ll also be gutted, because I will be saying a real farewell and a goodbye [to Poirot] and then I will have to bury him.”

You can read more about this news at Tellyspotting and the BBC.

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