10 Inventors Who Hated Their Own Creations
2. Agatha Christie - Hercule Poirot
Hey, on a lighter note did you know Agatha Christie hated Poirot? Yep, hated his rotund, curled moustached, not-even-French guts. Apart from gossipy, frail Jessica Fletcher ripoff Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot remains Agatha Christie's most celebrated creation, appearing in over 80 novels and short stories, countless film and television adaptations and even a few...alright video games.
Why did Christie keep writing Poirot even though she seems to hold him in the same regard as an ex-boyfriend that she still has to work with? Because he made dough. When you consider that the Queen of Crime is, next to Shakespeare, the best selling author of all time and has the distinction of being the most translated author in the world; and that Poirot is partially responsible, that can buy you a lot of moustache wax.
In truth Christie had to be pushed into writing Poirot stories by her editors because he always came with a decent amount of financial security; she begrudgingly obliged even though she considered the Belgian detective as a ‘detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep”.
He wasn't that bad. I mean he wasn't as bad as Tommy and
Tuppence Beresford, who were that sort of couple whose wedding would
have it own Instagram account.