Strike six
Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger return as private detective duo Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott for Strike – The Ink Black Heart, the sixth edition of the BBC drama based on the crime novels by JK Rowling. The stars come together to reveal why this story could be their toughest case yet. When the latest novel featuring private detectives Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott arrives in bookshops, you can be sure that Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger are among the first to read it. While some actors may refrain from picking up the source material behind their latest project, in this case the actors are keen to digest every page to better inform their performances in the BBC’s long-running Strike, based on the crime novels written by JK Rowling as Robert Galbraith. That was certainly the case again for the sixth and latest instalment, The Ink Black Heart, which now debuts as a four-part miniseries on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Monday. “I always read the books as soon as they come out,” Grainger tells DQ. “Everyone does try to stick as faithfully to them as possible. So my only input or questions are always just nosy, really. Who’s playing what? Why? Where are we shooting? What’s happening? “There’s such a real effort all around to create the essence of the book, so even if plot-wise it needs to shift because there’s just not enough space because the books are so long – there’s a lot to fit into … Continue reading Strike six
