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The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his money by carrying out murders for top fees. He soon comes across a dogged British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe. Check out our list of renewals and cancellations to see if your favorite show made the cut. Forsyth worked as a freelance journalist covering the Biafra War. When it ended, he returned to the UK unemployed and unsure of what to do next. He said: ‘I came back at Christmas ’69 completely broke. No prospect of a job, no flat, no car and no savings. Then I had this crazy, crazy idea to write a novel. ‘Everyone said it was a joke or I was mad because the chances of it even getting published are a hundred to one, even a thousand.’ Within weeks of release, the film rights were gone. Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars vied to play the Jackal in the 1973 film, but the role went to then-unknown Edward Fox because director Fred Zinnemann thought he could pass invisible in a crowd. (Air Mail). Quoted on The Graham Norton Show: Denzel Washington/Paul Mescal/Saoirse Ronan/Eddie Redmayne/Blossoms (2024). I have to agree with many other reviewers, this is a great production with good atmosphere and Eddie Redmayne does a great job in the lead role of the Jackal, but the female lead just ruins the whole thing. It’s totally miscasting with an actor who is incapable of showing any facial expression regardless of the situation and who almost borders on overacting, possibly in an effort to make up for a lack of understanding or appreciation for the character. The character is obviously supposed to be confident and experienced, but she is portrayed as a cocky “I know best” woman who has no sense of proof when carrying the suitcase through the main office. She is just so annoying and unbelievable.