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Shalom Brune-Franklin cast in Great Expectations
BBC-FX series will star Olivia Colman and be adapted by Steven Knight.
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Aussie-UK actor Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Tourist, Line of Duty, Doctor Doctor, Love Me) has been cast in upcoming UK drama Great Expectations.
The BBC-FX series stars Olivia Colman will star as Miss Havisham alongside Fionn Whitehead, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle and Matt Berry.
The coming-of-age story of an orphan nicknamed Pip is a six part series by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Spencer) his second Charles Dickens adaptation, following the hit limited series A Christmas Carol.
Knight will write and executive produce Great Expectations, which will also be executive produced by Tom Hardy, Ridley Scott, Dean Baker, David W. Zucker, Kate Crowe and Mona Qureshi for the BBC.
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I studied the book back in high school in the 90s, and it seems every decade or so there’s a new adaptation (we watched the 1980s adaptation in class and were also able to see the 1997 film with Gwyneth Paltrow as Estella). Hard to believe it’s already been over 10 years (2011) since the last series (which attracted some controversy due to the casting of Gillian Anderson as a supposedly ‘young’ Miss Havisham). Looking forward to seeing how this version plays out, the fact that it’ll be a six-parter is already a good start.