
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.