Kaya Scodelario as Hermia Kaya Scodelario stars as Hermia in The Pale Horse (Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images) Sewell has featured in a number of high profile TV shows and films including, The Man in the High Castle, Victoria, Parade’s End and The Legend of Zorro.

Who stars in Pale Horse? Rufus Sewell as Mark Easterbrook Rufus Sewell stars as Mark Easterbrook in The Pale Horse (Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images) “I have changed stuff otherwise you’d have 30 hours of TV and who wants to watch that? I go for the beating heart of what Christie is getting at, through the clues she throws at you,” she said. However, the drama has been “modernised” by screenwriter Sarah Phelps who recently defended her decision to alter elements of the novel for the small screen. In a race against time, Easterbrook tries to find a logical explanation and identify the killer before they catch up with him. The rumour surrounding the witches is that they can get rid of rich relatives using supernatural powers.ĭespite Easterbrook’s scepticism towards the paranormal, he becomes consumed by the increasingly strange and extraordinary things that begin to happen around him. Shortly after the discovery of the list is made, Easterbrook begins to investigate how his name came to be on the list.īut the investigation leads him to the peculiar home of a trio of rumoured witches.

One of those named is a widowed antique dealer called Mark Easterbrook, who despite having found love again with his new wife Hermia, is still haunted by the tragic death of his first wife Delphine.

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