{"id":6632,"date":"2016-09-07T10:16:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T14:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-burke-cast-as-cormoran-strike-in-bbcs-j-k-rowling-dramas\/"},"modified":"2016-09-07T13:02:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T17:02:33","slug":"tom-burke-cast-as-cormoran-strike-in-bbcs-j-k-rowling-dramas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tom-burke-cast-as-cormoran-strike-in-bbcs-j-k-rowling-dramas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Burke Cast as Lead in BBC&#8217;s J.K. Rowling Dramas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: British actor Tom Burke will star as Cormoran Strike in three event dramas for BBC One based on J.K. Rowling\u2019s crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Cuckoo\u2019s Calling<\/em> (3&#215;60 minutes), <em>The Silkworm<\/em> (2&#215;60 minutes) and <em>Career of Evil<\/em> (2&#215;60 minutes) will be produced as three separate event dramas. Burke, who most recently starred in BBC\u2019s epic <em>War &amp;\u00a0Peace<\/em> as Fedor Dolokhov and in <em>The Musketeers<\/em> as Athos, will play Strike, a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office on London\u2019s Denmark Street. Shooting will begin this fall in London. Rowling is among the executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m overjoyed to be immersing myself in the role of Cormoran Strike, who is as complex as he is larger than life,\u201d said Burke. &#8220;I know I\u2019m joining an extraordinary team of people on a series that for me is peppered with moments of real emotional depth and meticulously grounded in the page-turning momentum of these novels. Cormoran\u2019s world is rich and raw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m thrilled about the casting of Tom Burke, a massively talented actor who&#8217;ll bring the character to perfect life,\u201d added Rowling. \u201cCormoran Strike is pure joy to write and I can&#8217;t wait to see Tom play him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom Burke has all the talent, depth and versatility needed to take on the mantle of Cormoran Strike,\u201d commented Ruth Kenley-Letts, executive producer. \u201cHe\u2019ll bring his own particular wisdom, charisma and emotional complexity to the part. We couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to be working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Richer, BBC&#8217;s acting controller of drama, said: \u201cTom Burke is the perfect person to bring to life the lead character of Cormoran Strike from these investigative crime stories which are the work of a master storyteller. 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