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* ActorAllusion: In the adaptation of ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs'', Creator/TobyStephens and Creator/RachaelStirling play two characters between whom there is some long-standing animosity [[spoiler:and desire for [[AdaptationalSexuality the same man.]]]] Their mothers, Creator/MaggieSmith and Creator/DianaRigg, had squared off as Daphne Castle and Arlena Marshall in the 1982 film of Poirot story ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun'', in which both women were ultimately rivals for the affections of Kenneth Marshall.
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** In the adaptation of ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs'', Creator/TobyStephens and Creator/RachaelStirling play two characters between whom there is some long-standing animosity [[spoiler:and desire for [[AdaptationalSexuality the same man.]]]] Their mothers, Creator/MaggieSmith and Creator/DianaRigg, had squared off as Daphne Castle and Arlena Marshall in the 1982 film of Poirot story ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun'', in which both women were ultimately rivals for the affections of KennethMarshall. Marshall.
** The 2010 adaptation of ''Murder on the Orient Express'' features Creator/ElenaSatine as the American-born wife of a Hungarian diplomat, who adopts an Eastern European accent to disguise her origins. Satine is a naturalized American citizen but was originally born in [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaCaucasus Georgia]] (the country, not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]]).
* ActorSharedBackground: In the documentary special "David Suchet on the Orient Express", Creator/DavidSuchet remarked that when he was a struggling actor he held a day job in a London department store and learned (on his own initiative) to tie a bow tie perfectly, a skill he used often when playing the dandy Poirot.
** In the adaptation of ''Literature/FiveLittlePigs'', Creator/TobyStephens and Creator/RachaelStirling play two characters between whom there is some long-standing animosity [[spoiler:and desire for [[AdaptationalSexuality the same man.]]]] Their mothers, Creator/MaggieSmith and Creator/DianaRigg, had squared off as Daphne Castle and Arlena Marshall in the 1982 film of Poirot story ''Literature/EvilUnderTheSun'', in which both women were ultimately rivals for the affections of Kenneth
** The 2010 adaptation of ''Murder on the Orient Express'' features Creator/ElenaSatine as the American-born wife of a Hungarian diplomat, who adopts an Eastern European accent to disguise her origins. Satine is a naturalized American citizen but was originally born in [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaCaucasus Georgia]] (the country, not [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA the state]]).
* ActorSharedBackground: In the documentary special "David Suchet on the Orient Express", Creator/DavidSuchet remarked that when he was a struggling actor he held a day job in a London department store and learned (on his own initiative) to tie a bow tie perfectly, a skill he used often when playing the dandy Poirot.
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* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/AidanGillen, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
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* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below).RetroactiveRecognition on the YMMV page). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/AidanGillen, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
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** The screenplay for the adaptation of ''The Big Four'' was written by real-life married couple Creator/MarkGatiss and Ian Hallard.
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* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/AidenGillen, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
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* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/AidenGillen, Creator/AidanGillen, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
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* FakeAmerican: Canadian actor Colin Stinton plays American gentleman Charles Lester (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, British actress Fiona Allen plays American actress Carlotta Adams.
* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
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* FakeAmerican: Canadian actor Colin Stinton plays American gentleman Charles Lester (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Lester. Also, British actress Fiona Allen plays American actress Carlotta Adams.
Adams. British actress Cheryl Campbell plays American financier Lady Leonora Boynton (née Pierce).
* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/AidenGillen, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
* FakeBrit: American actress Creator/JessicaChastain plays British spinster Mary Debenham (see "Hey, It's That Guy!" below). Also, American actress Aimee Mullins plays Lucy Crale in "Five Little Pigs".[[note]]Played with, in that although Lucy is British, she has lived in Canada since the age of seven.[[/note]] Likewise, American actress Megan Dodds plays Henrietta Savernake in "The Hollow", and American actress Elizabeth [=McGovern=] plays British Dame Celia Westholme in "Appointment with Death". A number of Irish actors also play British roles over the series, including Niamh Cusack, Creator/AidenGillen, Creator/OrlaBrady and Sinéad Keenan.
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** Beth Goddard played Violet Wilson in ''The Case of the Missing Will'' (1993) and Sister Agnieszka in ''Appointment with Death'' (2009).
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Tabernas in Almeria, Spain doubles for the Egyptian desert in ''The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb''.
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** Tabernas in Almeria, Spain doubles for the Egyptian desert in ''The Adventure of the EgyptianTomb''.Tomb''.
** Oudna, Tunisia stands in for Tel Yarimjah in Iraq for ''Murder in Mesopotamia'', while the Casino de Hammam Lif within the same country stands in for Poirot's Baghdad hotel.
** Tabernas in Almeria, Spain doubles for the Egyptian desert in ''The Adventure of the Egyptian
** Oudna, Tunisia stands in for Tel Yarimjah in Iraq for ''Murder in Mesopotamia'', while the Casino de Hammam Lif within the same country stands in for Poirot's Baghdad hotel.
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** Alan Howard plays both Benedict Farley and [[spoiler:his murderer]] Hugo Cornworthy in "The Dream". Justified in that [[spoiler:Poirot never actually meets Farley while the latter is alive]].
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** Alan Howard plays both Benedict Farley and [[spoiler:his murderer]] Hugo Cornworthy in "The Dream". Justified in that [[spoiler:Poirot never actually meets Farley while the latter is alive]].
