And Then There Were None

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By Josh Gad
Ten strangers find themselves being invited to a remote island off the British Coast for a weekend retreat. Unbeknownst to them, they have all been invited there by an absentee host who goes by the name ‘œMr. Owen.’ After a lovely dinner, the guests are forced to listen to a recording accusing each and every single one of them of murder. And thus begins one of the great murder mysteries of all time’¦ a tale of ten guests, who like the famous poem ‘œTen Little Indians,’ find themselves disappearing one by one in the middle of nowhere.

In preparing for my role in Murder on the Orient Express the new Kenneth Branagh film out November 10th, I decided to dust off my Christie collection and revisit some of her greats. The one that left the greatest impression on me was And Then There Were None. I’m not going to lie. Christie has never been an obsession for me. I grew up consuming Tolkien, Rowling and King. The name Agatha Christie equated stuffy old books from the past that were useful for school curriculum or middle aged book clubs. I would have been embarrassed to tell my friends who were ripping through the pages of George R.R. Martin’s masterworks, that I was spending my summer reading Miss Marple stories. Consequently, while I read one or two of her books early on in school, I had reduced the experience to an assignment and nothing more. Now, two decades later, I have discovered a treasure trove that has awakened a passion for the murder mystery genre I never knew I had.