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KC: He brought a real authenticity and honesty to the part and you really feel for Pip and his journey through London and his eventual downfall. It really hits hard. He's a terrific actor. DB: To have an actor like Ashley play such a powerful role in a period drama just feels very exciting and it's something we haven't really seen before. I think the casting is inspired. I was excited when I heard Ashley was going to be playing Jaggers – he’s mastered language as a rapper and is an incredible actor. As an actor you'd be lying if you didn't say that you're always intrigued as to who’s going to be the other cast members! I’m a massive fan of Olivia. It just works. When they said Olivia was going to play Miss Havisham I was like: they’ve nailed that. Sometimes adaptations can be a bit dusty and old, but I think Steven's was unashamedly modern.
DB: I've known Brady for several years and it was really exciting to finally get a production away with him. When Brady came to us with his vision for it was just really it felt so personal to him. He’s bought an enormous depth to the story and a personal insight – and he's a really lovely human being. KC: Steve’s version of Miss Havisham is not a gothic masterpiece stuffed away in a dusty room. She is very human and very flawed. Olivia’s performance captures all this, she’s cruel, funny, witty, vulnerable. It’s a brilliant performance, of course. It’s obviously incredibly period, like Victorian, but I think Verity and Niamh Morrison, the hair and makeup designer, both had, surprisingly, a lot of fashion runway references. There were Galliano references, Vivienne Westwood references. So, they were trying to go for something that was a bit more editorial and grungy, not quite traditional. I guess I would describe her style as a weird rotting grunge princess. It’s kind of cheeky to say it because I'm playing Magwitch but it's the graveyard scene from the original movie. That haunting image. And Miss Havisham as well. The haunting image of this old lady who’s been jilted and resentful. That’s a powerful image.I worked most of the time with Fionn and Shalom – they are irritatingly young and beautiful, and really good! I have had a lovely time, and I sort of forget I’m not the same age as them. Then I look in the mirror and go "oh yes, they have given me a great white wig." It’s amazing working with them, they are brilliant. It is very exciting to see where they will go. Ryan, J. S. "Donnithorne, Eliza Emily (1826–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Many journalists have drawn connections between the jilted Miss Havisham and subsequent jilted brides (life imitates art), such as the widely-reported case of Alice Pinard-Dôges, who committed suicide in 1894. [8] Alternative and derived versions [ edit ] KC: We were aware of Samira from her work on Deutschland 83 and it was fantastic to have a female viewpoint for the last two episodes. And also because Samira is not British, having somebody else look at the British class system at that time was very interesting.
Miss Havisham's father was a wealthy brewer and her mother died shortly after she was born. Her father remarried and had an illegitimate son, Arthur, with the household cook. Miss Havisham's relationship with her half-brother was a strained one. KC: Obviously Ridley is an icon of cinema so having his input and his lens on things is always really invaluable. BBC One – Great Expectations – Miss Havisham". Bbc.co.uk. 1 January 1970 . Retrieved 14 August 2012. Olivia Colman (2023) (in this version the character is given the name "Amelia" and is referenced as such) [15] When we meet Pip he's quite young and he is a very enthusiastic, excited kid in a lot of ways, although also quite unsatisfied. He's unsatisfied with where he is, what he's been born into and has these aspirations for travelling the world, seeing the Empire, going to Cairo to become a gentleman and escaping the situation he's in, which is not a particularly happy one at home. He lives with his sister and her husband – they’re a slightly dysfunctional family. I think he's a character who's possibly going through a lot of grief as well, like the death of other family members years before. As the story goes on, it's just him trying to shake that off and trying to become his own person and make his way in London.
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Perry, Keith (28 June 2008). "Pining for lost love can be physically addictive". The Daily Telegraph. London, England . Retrieved 25 March 2014. I like any of the scenes with Miss Havisham, Estella and Pip when he’s being educated. I think they’re just great. Anne Bancroft (1998) (a version which modernised the story to the twentieth century and changed the names of several characters)
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