Malkovich's Poirot has this habit because he actually was a priest. Adaptational Context Change: In the original novel, Hastings comments on Poirot paternally addressing a group of assistants as "mes enfants", musing that it's similar to how a teacher or a priest would address them.The guilt stemming from not being able to save their lives led him to renounce priesthood and reinvent himself as a detective when he came to England, so that he would be able to bring justice to other victims. Poirot was a priest in the Belgian countryside who watched all his parishioners burned to death by invading German troops. In this series, while Poirot still claims to be a former policeman, his stated backstory is revealed to be a lie. Adaptational Backstory Change: In the novels and every other adaptation, Poirot was a detective on the Brussels police force before he came to England as a refugee during World War I.Poirot's backstory is also more far more painful, as his detective career was born of guilt rather than a successful police career. Adaptational Angst Upgrade: This adaptation's Poirot is a tortured soul whose career is at a low point and whose faith is severely damaged, even going so far as to avoid confession out of a belief that he's unworthy of communion.In addition to the tropes applying to the novel, the miniseries adaptation has examples of: John Malkovich stars as Hercule Poirot, alongside Rupert Grint as Inspector Crome.
While the series adapts the plot of the novel faithfully, it also features a number of notable changes to the story and as well as a Darker and Edgier tone.
The ABC Murders is a 2018 miniseries adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1936 mystery novel of the same name.
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