It just seems odd. I mean, she did a good job, but she seemed to be the only "no-name" out of the main cast. I wonder who the role was offered to originally? Michelle Dockery? Billie Piper? Melissa George? Emily Beecham? Natalie Dormer?
shareI have never heard of 3 of them besides her, Mrs Rodges, the young bloke with the car and the copper.
shareFrom what she said on a short BTS interview posted on youtube Maeve Dermody was only cast days before filming started. She apparently was in Myanmar (doing what I don't know). I wouldn't think the producers would deliberately wait to the very last moment to cast the main female lead, which would suggest they had someone else lined up first. But as I have no connection or real knowledge of the industry maybe late casting is not so unusual.
shareFor the first episode, I actually thought the main actress was Keeley Hawes - she looks and speaks so much like her.
But whoever was first in line, I think Dermody was perfectly convincing in the role and it's a great kick-start to her career. No doubt we'll be seeing her in more stuff very soon. And maybe now her IMdb page will have a profile pic!
She almost definitely replaced someone, seeing as Maeve was cast mere days before shooting began. Though it's possible they'd been struggling to find a suitable Vera as well.
Either way, I'm glad it worked out the way it did. She was incredible
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I just realized why she was chosen as Vera. I watched an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Maeve played a very similar character to Vera.
shareFor the early part I really thought she was Keeley Hawes. I have only watched the full story this afternoon and while I thought the Judge was the most likely killer due to his [I felt unlikely cure] and in truth real Judges can hardly feel neutral about some trial outcomes. His death threw me considering there was a DOCTOR to do an on site cause of death??? Not fair to the poor viewer trying to make a prediction.
My only problem was how had the Judge come by ALL the information about all of them. This must have been a sort of supernatural addition to the tale which nevertheless was enjoyable.
It did take me a little while to realise that it was not Keeley Hawes.
My only problem was how had the Judge come by ALL the information about all of them. This must have been a sort of supernatural addition to the tale which nevertheless was enjoyable.
Thanks. I have not read the book and this really helps. I couldn't figure out the Doctor's crime at all. But my question is how did the judge arrange that no-one would come back for them at the house i.e. the boatman? Did he pay him? He must remember that no one left the island after he did not pick them up?
'For His mercies endures forever ' - Psalms
IN the book Wargrave writes a confession before shooting himself and gives a lot more information. They had to cut it short for the movie because they couldn't leave Vera choking forever.
He secretly told the boatman that the "party" had been extended and that he wasn't to come back until the weekend was over. When the boatman did come, he found 10 corpses.
Thanks. The adaptation had me asking a lot of questions.
'For His mercies endures forever ' - Psalms
His death threw me considering there was a DOCTOR to do an on site cause of death???However, if you noticed, the doctor didn't touch or even go near him to check to see what had happened. He should have at least taken his pulse. He just assumed the apparent hole and blood meant he'd died. I only noticed this the second time so don't feel like you're all alone here. 😉
(His death threw me considering there was a DOCTOR to do an on site cause of death??? Not fair to the poor viewer trying to make a prediction.)
The Doctor claiming he's dead is a key point of the novel. When setting up this particular part of his plan he knew he needed to eliminate himself from the shrinking list of suspects to make the plan come to fruition. In the novel, Armstrong completely suspects Lombard and has no suspicion of Wargrave at all, based on Wargrave's professional standing, so he agrees to the judge's plan so they can "trap the murderer" by throwing the murderer off with Wargrave's unexpected death.
He then arranges to meet Armstrong that night so he can kill him and make Armstrong's death seem the red herring. In fact, it's Wargrave's death that is the red herring, which swallows up Armstrong.
Like Alien--a bunch of well known actors, and a total unknown named Sigourney Weaver. We were supposed to think she was a red shirt.
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