'Cormoran Strike': J.K. Rowling's Non-'Potter' Series Casts TV Show Star

J.K. Rowling's pseudonymously published mystery series is getting an adaptation on BBC, and the TV show now has its its star. Cormoran Strike, the war veteran/private detective protagonist of The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil, will be played by Tom Burke in a project named after the character.

The 35-year-old Brit has appeared in the Ryan Gosling–starring Only God Forgives as well as TV versions of The Musketeers, War & Peace and Great Expectations. “I’m thrilled about the casting of Tom Burke, a massively talented actor who’ll bring the character to perfect life,” Rowling said. “Cormoran Strike is pure joy to write, and I can’t wait to see Tom play him.”