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Amy West

Eddie Redmayne says Day of the Jackal series was "an actor's dream", as he explains what sets his character apart from James Bond and other fictional spies

Eddie Redmayne as 'Charles' in The Day of the Jackal TV series.

Eddie Redmayne has played everything from a wizard, a painter and theoretical physicist to a serial killer. Now, new thriller series The Day of the Jackal is set to see the actor play an assassin for the very first time – and, well, he couldn't have had a better time portraying the chameleonic, disguise-donning character. 

"I loved it," he tells GamesRadar+. "It was a playground for me. One of the things I think is kind of intriguing about him as a character is [that] he starts off so enigmatic, but all these different protagonists that he meets along the way mirror or expose different qualities in him. 

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