Eddie Redmayne reveals his dad told him not to 'screw up' role in The Day Of The Jackal

Eddie Redmayne says he's nether strict instructions from his dada not to "screw up" his TV reboot of The Day Of The Jackal.

At the London premiere for his caller Sky Atlantic show, the histrion told Sky News however the 1973 movie mentation of the Frederick Forsyth feline and rodent thriller "was 1 of my family's favourite films" which helium watched "from possibly rather an inappropriately young age".

"We watched it again and again," helium explained. "So erstwhile these scripts arrived successful my inbox I had immoderate trepidation that I didn't privation to butcher this character."

While the people of Redmayne's assassin quality is being kept nether wraps, the 10-part play takes successful modern themes, including right-wing radicalism and megalomaniac societal media gurus.

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Speaking connected the reddish carpet, Redmayne said erstwhile helium work the modern episodes it was "basically the benignant of TV that I wanted to see".

In occurrence 1 his quality has precise fewer lines, but this is simply a relation that required a immense magnitude of beforehand mentation from the Oscar-winner who had to person weapons grooming and assistance from dialect and question instructors to seamlessly presume antithetic identities.

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"The Jackal is an actor, helium shapeshifts and is ever taking connected these antithetic guises, and I emotion that stuff," helium said.

Joking, helium said helium required "all the coaches" adding, "you cognize me, I request a batch of help!"

While helium teased his dada had told him "don't screw it up", helium admitted helium isn't definite if helium volition amusement it to his ain children.

"My kids person seen the trailer," helium said. "They are 8 and six and they are determined that I should play a goodie adjacent time."

"The Jackal is simply a bit, well, morally ambiguous," helium laughed.

The Day Of The Jackal is retired connected Sky Atlantic and Now from 7 November.