The actor reportedly did all of his research prior to making the first episode, reading Christie's many novels and short stories that featured Poirot and noting every character trait. The character has remained consistent throughout the decades of Suchet's work. The Belgian detective feels the pain of being a foreigner living in a xenophobic time in England: Sometimes Suchet bristles at others' patent disdain, and sometimes he completely masks his reaction yet lets the viewer know how deeply it grates. He seems to not be romantically involved, and yet he'll warmly prompt a romance in others-when he feels the pair is right for each other. He is brilliant yet can communicate with everyone. Poirot dislikes so many things, so craves perfection in his own life, yet in Suchet's interpretation feels such deep caring and empathy for humanity. In large part it's the contradictions Suchet has given the character that make him so appealing. Suchet, however, turns Poirot into our dearest friend. He is fastidious to an extreme, unfailingly dignified, and inordinately secure in all he says and does. As Christie describes Poirot, he is a ludicrous physical specimen with a protruding belly, mincing walk, and ridiculous mustaches. Agatha Christie's detective, he of the very active "little grey cells," has been essayed by other great British actors, but none has created the massive oeuvre of Suchet, nor has any delved so deeply and exquisitely into the character. David Suchet portrays-nay, is-Hercule Poirot. He gives not just one great performance but dozens, beginning in 1989 and continuing even now.
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