Lashana Lynch faces off against Redmayne in Peacock’s bold reimagining of the classic cat-and-mouse novel, a thrilling escape with unsettling political parallels.
For the audience, an understandable reaction might be: Wait, that was Eddie Redmayne the whole time? The reveal sets up 10 hours of double-crosses and deceptions. It’s not the only time you’ll see Redmayne, as the titular Jackal, assuming an unrecognizable disguise. “One of the things I love about acting is getting to shift what you look like and how you sound,” Redmayne tells Vanity Fair. “We certainly had room to play.
“We were passing ships in the night,” as Lynch puts it. No spoilers as to whether—and, if so, how—they’ll eventually collide. Lynch and Redmayne did get to know each other well, with both in active producer roles and, appropriately for such an intense story, often running into each other at the gym where they’d train. “We were like, ‘So we’re really doing this—how’s your training going?’” Lynch recalls. “‘Well, I’m tired.’ ‘Oh, I’m tired too. Fantastic.
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