Trivia / Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh)

Individual Films Trivia

• Murder on the Orient Express
• Death on the Nile
• A Haunting in Venice

Overall Trivia

• All-Star Cast: Alongside Kenneth Branagh himself, the films (at least the first two) have boasted a bevvy of big names of acting.
  • Murder on the Orient Express: Penélope Cruz, Josh Gad, Sir Derek Jacobi, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dame Judi Dench, Willem Dafoe, Olivia Colman, Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, and Leslie Odom Jr., with Cassandra Pentaghast as Sonia Armstrong. Sergei Polunin appears in his first acting role, but he is a superstar in the world of ballet. Promotional material did not hesitate to flex the cast's Oscar cred.
  • Death on the Nile: Gal Gadot, Letitia Wright, Armie Hammer (though his star has considerably faded since), Annette Bening, Sophie Okonedo, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Rose Leslie, and Russell Brand. It is also the first non-Indian film of Indian star Ali Fazal. One could add Emma Mackey of Sex Education fame, although her career was just starting to get bigger at the time of the release (2022), Branagh very likely pulled a Darkhorse Casting when the movie was shot in 2019 before it got delayed several times.
  • A Haunting in Venice: The cast might feel a tad subdued in this department compared to the previous two films, with Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh and Kelly Reilly. Riccardo Scamarcio is a big name in his native Italy, meanwhile.
• Creator's Oddball: Kenneth Branagh had never directed sequels prior to Death on the Nile.

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