The most intense pleasures of a Maggie Smith performance were seldom caused by loud histrionics. The moments that thrilled admirers were often the quieter ones.
One of those minor scenes caught his attention... Playing a hotelier on an Adriatic island... Ms. Smith makes a suggestion to... Poirot... It was like, Oh man, why don't we ever make those?
He turned the volume up on the citrus and down on the sweetness, fine-tuning until he had a Between the Sheets variation he liked.
Hearing of her death, he reflected on what he called the fearlessness that made her small scenes feel bigger. She was captivating, Mr. Simo said.
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