K.J. Yossman Emma Thompson (“Cruella”) has joined the cast of BritBox’s upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?”“Paddington 2’s” Jim Broadbent will also appear in the three-part series.Thompson and Broadbent will play British aristocrats Lord and Lady Marcham.
Lucy Boynton (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) plays their daughter, the daring Lady Frankie, who finds herself on a murder mystery adventure alongside Will Poulter (“The Revnant”) as Bobby Jones.Hugh Laurie (“House”) is directing the show and will also star in the adaptation as Dr.
James Nicholson, the creepy clinical director of a sanatorium.Based on Christie’s 1934 mystery, “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” follows Bobby and Frankie as they investigate a suspicious death in.
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