Has there ever been a story in which it was a good and safe decision to take a job working for a complete stranger in an isolated mansion? That certainly isn’t the case in Doctor Jekyll, the latest adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Here, the great Eddie Izzard stars as Dr. Nina Jekyll, who hires a young man named Rob (Scott Chambers) to help out around her massive old home. Lindsay Duncan is there too, being a bit ominous and concerning when it comes to explaining the role (and the number of cameras in the house).
Clearly, many things are going to go awry. Nina seems to like chess, and mutters about always being “two steps ahead,” but when Rob forgets her meds… someone else emerges. Of course. This take on the classic story involves the pharmaceutical industry, in which Nina worked—and may now be a bit beholden to for one nefarious reason or another.
Doctor Jekyll is directed by Joe Stephenson (Chicken) and written by Dan Kelly-Mulhern (making his feature film debut). It also stars Robyn Cara, Jonathan Hyde (really?), Morgan Watkins, Simon Callow, and Tony Jayawardena.
You can meet Nina—and her alter ego—on streaming and in select theaters starting August 2nd.
