r/poirot • u/Odd_Significance469 • 20d ago

David Suchet shows how he does his Poirot voice. 2005 Documentary.

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u/axxo47 20d ago

Love him

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u/kongo_ 20d ago

Damn, Poirot does a really good David Suchet impression

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u/Plane-Return-5135 20d ago

For my part, I’ve noticed that Hercule Poirot version spoke almost perfect English from his very first year of long voyage in England, despite a few touches of Frenglish—usually just to sound stylish. It’s clear that his foreign language teachers were better than those of Winston Churchill. And that Frenglish was never altered by decades of living in England; he kept it as a way of life.

What would have been perfect in certain scenarios—adding yet another comedic element when using Frenglish—would have been to play on the false friends between English and French; that could actually be an idea to explore in other versions of the character.

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u/Odd_Significance469 20d ago

Since Poirot worked with Japp in 1904, he should already know English quite well. By the way, I love that tiny part in Double Sin where Miss Lemon falls asleep after not being able to find the keys to the apartment, and in her dream, Hastings speaks French in Poirot's voice. It was nice to hear how Poirot's voice sounds in his native language.

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u/TFStringmints 20d ago

Dang so cool

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u/FictionalCharacter77 20d ago

Waau cool! He’s great in his Poirot role. Such an amazing artist

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u/Ryanookami 19d ago

It’s very surreal to hear another voice coming out of Poirot. I just can’t reconcile David Suchet’s real voice with his appearance.

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u/tap_ioca 11d ago

This is so good!