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Le Carre's 1983 book, previously made into a
film starring Diane Keaton, is set in the 1970s and follows
British actress Charlie as she is recruited by an Israeli spy
master to track down a Palestinian militant.
The mini-series was made by the makers of Golden Globe-winning
"The Night Manager", with le Carre's sons once again executive
producers. The author described the story as "quite different".
"The one thing you can't do, you can't be a one-trick pony, you
can't repeat it. We had a massive audience (for "The Night
Manager")," le Carre said at "The Little Drummer Girl" premiere
at the BFI London Film Festival on Sunday.
"This will be a different thing ... probably attract a smaller
but a much more responsive audience in many ways. It's not as
accessible, it's more thinking, it's slower and I think more
beautiful."
"Lady Macbeth" actress Florence Pugh takes the role of Charlie
in the series, which also stars "The Shape of Water" actor
Michael Shannon and "Big Little Lies" star Alexander Skarsgard.
"She is someone so opinionated, so loud, so sure of herself,"
Pugh said of Charlie. "I loved the fact that my character wasn't
necessarily from that (spy) world ... us as the audience, we
watch her like we are her."
Skarsgard plays intelligence agent Becker, who as part of the
story's Israeli spy plot also pretends to be a young Palestinian
Charlie travels with across Europe.
"I hope people embrace this show as much as they did 'The Night
Manager'," he said.
(Reporting By Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Jayson Mansaray;
Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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