He stole the show last year as bad boy Dolokhov in War & Peace, now Tom Burke is back in a major new role as JK Rowling’s star detective
You’re about to star as Cormoran Strike in an adaptation of the crime book trilogy by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling). What drew you to the role?
‘I just loved the variety within him. There is this gruff, monosyllabic side, but also a huge amount of warmth and wit; and the relationship with Robin [played by Holliday Grainger] and their friendship at times feeling more ambiguous was all laid out so perfectly in the books...’
Did JK Rowling have any specifics on how to play him?
‘She said he’s never self-pitying, which probably came up in conversation every time we did a scene, because he’s quite often suffering in some way.’
Strike is a war veteran, who lost part of his leg in Afghanistan. Did you talk to any men who had gone through the same experience?
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