‘Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay Boards ‘Below Western Eyes’ Pod – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay is main a podcast based mostly on Joseph Conrad’s 1911 spy thriller Below Western Eyes.

The Razumov Recordsdata, from True Spies distributor Spyscape and producer Cup & Nuzzle, will method the 1917 Russian Revolution from the attitude of a recent investigative podcast, with Brown Findlay taking part in Jess, a journalist whose household seems to be implicated in a a number of homicide case by an unknown assailant.

Below Western Eyes takes place in St. Petersburg and follows Razumov, a younger pupil making ready for a profession within the Tsarist forms who unwittingly turns into embroiled within the assassination of a public official. Requested to spy on the household of the murderer ― his shut pal ― he should come to phrases with timeless questions of accountability and human integrity. The novel is seen as a response to the themes explored in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and is considered one of Conrad’s most well-known works.

“All actors love doing one thing that’s a bit of completely different to what’s gone earlier than, and The Razumov Recordsdata leapt out at me as an thrilling new method to storytelling,” stated Brown Findlay. “I cherished the way in which the script mixed the genius of Conrad with the twists and turns and immediacy that everybody loves about non-fiction podcasts.”

Cup & Nuzzle Co-Founder Graham Hodge stated the producer was drawn to Below Western Eyes as a consequence of its being “rooted on this very explicit historic second – the years of unrest and brutal suppression that ultimately gave rise to the Russian Revolution – and so already it feels very actual.”

Downton Abbey star Brown Findlay will be seen subsequent in Francesco Carrozzini’s The Hanging Solar, which debuted at Venice, together with Paramount+ UK authentic Flatshare. She led Peacock’s Courageous New World, which was cancelled after one season.

The Razumov Recordsdata will debut subsequent week on the Spyscape+ platform alongside a brand new season of True Spies specializing in Osama Bin Laden, hosted by Loki star Sophia Di Martino. Charting Bin Laden’s rise to energy, the most recent season will characteristic interviews with CIA operatives, international affair journalists and consultants.