He is considered one of the most charming actors in Hollywood.
And on Thursday, Eddie Redmayne looked the part as he joined his co-star Ursula Corbero at the press tour for The Day Of The Jackal in Madrid.
The actor, 42, looked effortlessly chic in a stylish black and cream graphic shirt over a classic black polo collar.
She paired the ensemble with black wide-leg pants and polished the look with sleek black Louboutin loafers.
Meanwhile, Ursula, 35, turned heads in a blue and white striped top that featured a shirt-inspired collar.
She paired the top with a burgundy leather miniskirt and sheer black stockings that accentuated her slim pins.
Eddie Redmayne looked the part as he joined his co-star Ursula Corbero at the press tour for The Day Of The Jackal in Madrid.
The 42-year-old actor looked effortlessly chic in a stylish black and cream printed shirt over a classic black polo collar.
The beauty added inches to her figure in a pair of black heels and kept accessories to a minimum.
The duo looked incredible as they posed for press photos.
In the new drama, Eddie plays an elusive assassin who makes a living performing hits for the highest price, with Money Heist actress Ursula playing his Spanish wife.
Nuria lives a life of luxury with the couple’s son, who is unaware of her husband’s true profession until a suspicion of romance prompts her to unravel the truth.
The couple shares mutual passion, something that is obvious in the snapshots of the series, where Nuria can surround her boyfriend with her legs.
Elsewhere in the series, Jackal caresses his wife’s face while she is also seen looking at him lovingly in happier times.
There’s a partially true story behind the reboot, based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 book of the same name.
The book on which the 10-part series is based made comments on the political environment at the time of writing.
She paired the ensemble with black wide-leg pants and polished the look with sleek black Louboutin loafers.
Meanwhile, Ursula, 35, turned heads in a blue and white striped top that featured a shirt-inspired collar.
She paired the top with a burgundy leather miniskirt and sheer black stockings that accentuated her slim pins.
The duo looked incredible as they posed for press photos.
Eddie’s character, The Jackal, is a professional assassin hired by the OAS (Secret Armed Organization), which translates to “secret military organization” and was actually a real group.
In the original novel, the dissident parliamentary group planned to assassinate the then president of France, Charles de Gaulle, which is also a real plot that developed.
The group’s motive was to prevent Algeria from becoming independent from French rule, something the president was planning a referendum on in 1961.
In the book, her initial attempts to assassinate him were based on real life, however everything that follows is fictional.
The series is being made by Carnival Films and was commissioned by Sky Studios, who will then broadcast the anticipated series across the UK and much of Europe, as well as on US streaming service Peacock.
The Mirror also reports that the huge salary Eddie earned was “the highest ever paid to a star,” but that is now becoming the “norm” when deep-pocketed companies like Netflix, Apple and, in this case, are involved. , Peacock.
A source said: “Many TV companies and broadcasters are struggling with small budgets, but not with high-end dramas for a global audience that involves streamers.”
“If you can make a deal with one of them, you can go completely broke.”
The new drama sees Eddie playing an elusive assassin who makes a living performing hits for the highest price, with Money Heist actress Ursula playing his Spanish wife.
The couple shares passion for each other, something that is obvious in the snapshots of the series, where Nuria can surround her boyfriend with her legs.
It was adapted for the small screen by Ronan Bennett, the creator and writer of the critically acclaimed English crime drama Top Boy, and also stars Guardians of the Galaxy’s Chukwudi Iwuji and Game of Thrones’ Charles Dance.
The Day of the Jackal was directed by Brian Kirk, whose credits include Game of Thrones and Luther.
The series is produced by Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Eddie serves as executive producer, Lashana Lynch as co-executive producer, and author Frederick as consulting producer.
Executive producers Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant, who worked on Downton Abbey, spoke to GQ about the project.
Gareth said: “We both loved the book and saw the film when we were children. I have seen the film many times throughout my life and have always had a lot of respect for it.”
The Jackal (Eddie) is an elusive assassin who makes a living carrying out hits for the highest price.
“While they were initially cautious about approaching source material that carries such esteem, expanding the story through television episodes seemed too good an opportunity to turn down.
“It’s such an iconic and exciting story that to revisit it in a contemporary context, with all the benefits of a multi-episode show… we thought it would be really interesting to take this highly respected intellectual property and develop it in this way.”
Nigel agreed: “I think (this) kind of title is on a lot of people’s consciousness… And so yeah, what’s the benefit of telling this on a bigger canvas?”
Answering the main question of why the series is set in the 2020s rather than the ’60s of the book and film, Gareth simply said: ‘If we had stayed in the past, why do it? “You can’t improve the movie.”