'I fully expect a rough ride,' she admits. Left: The iconic Joan Hickson and right, Geraldine McEwan brought a warmth to the character When ITV1 screens the first of a new big-budget Marple series, beginning on Sunday, she has the unenviable task of following both Geraldine McEwan and the late Joan Hickson in the role. Julia McKenzie laughs as she imagines what the shocked residents of Christie's fictitious village deep in Middle England would think of her portrayal of Miss Marple. You can almost hear her saying: 'Well, of course, I'm only an old lady, but it seems to me that one or two important clues have been missed.' Miss Marple would, of course, put down her knitting, purse her lips, peer over her spectacles and answer all these questions with perception and logic to achieve a clear-up rate that would put Scotland Yard's finest sleuths to shame. Why has she stepped back even further in time with a retro makeover? Whatever has happened to the slightly dotty Aunt Jane that we had grown to know and love over the last five years?Īnd whatever would Agatha Christie have to say about it? Retro makeover: Julia McKenzie as the new Miss Marple
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