TV Series Debut Of Park Chan-wook
This will be acclaimed filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s (Oldboy) debut for television, and it looks pretty decent. The series is adapted from a novel by John le Carré (The Night Manager).
The Little Drummer Girl is a six-parter co-produced by the Beeb and AMC. It stars Golden Globe winner Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies, True Blood) as Becker, Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water, Nocturnal Animals) as Kurtz and Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) as Charlie.
Here’s the trailer:
Set in the 70s, the thriller follows Charlie (Pugh), an actress that meets the mysterious Becker (Skarsgård,) while on holiday in Greece. It becomes apparent that his intentions are not what they seem, and her encounter with him entangles her in a complex plot devised by the spy mastermind Kurtz (Shannon).
The official BBC synopsis reads:
“Brilliant young actress Charlie strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on holiday in Greece, but it rapidly becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic. The man is Becker, an Israeli intelligence officer, who entangles her in a complex and high stakes plot orchestrated by Spymaster, Kurtz.”
“Set in the late 1970s yet sharply contemporary, The Little Drummer Girl weaves a dynamic and exciting story of espionage and international intrigue; of love and betrayal.”
The AMC synopsis gives us additional info:
“Charlie takes on the role of a lifetime as a double agent while remaining uncertain of her own loyalties.”
The Little Drummer Girl will air this Autumn on BBC1.
