Agatha Christie’s Poirot, the long-running television series, ended this week but star David Suchet isn’t giving up his famous moustache just yet. At first glance, Suchet looked to have arrived in character to the gala dinner celebrating 25 years of the ITV drama at Bafta in Piccadilly. Yet on closer inspection, The Londoner discovered he was sporting his real facial hair to support Movember, raising awareness for prostate and testicular cancer.
“Actually, I was never allowed to wear my own moustache as Poirot, it had to be false,” he says. “For Movember, it’s got to be one you grow. Despite Poirot’s famous moustache, I always tend to be clean shaven, although when I was a young actor, I did have one.”
Suchet is looking forward to a hectic schedule without the Belgian sleuth and his whiskers, as he reprises the starring role in a 2014 world tour of the hit West End play The Last Confession.
“I’ve never stopped doing what I always do. I’ve been in a major play every two years since I started Poirot. I do theatre because it’s the stable from which I’ve come.”
