Showing posts with label MAXINE PEAKE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MAXINE PEAKE. Show all posts

PERIOD SET TUESDAY: 'PETERLOO' MIKE LEIGH'S 19TH CENTURY DRAMA TRAILER WITH RORY KINNEAR, MAXINE PEAKE, NICO MIRALLEGRO! DEV PATEL, ANEURIN BARNARD PHOTOS FROM 'PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD'

  FIRST DEV PATEL PHOTOS
FROM 'THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD' MOVIE
Dev Patel plays David Copperfield in the film
ADAPTATION
Period set delights for you today, beginning with photos arriving from the sets of Armando Iannucci's big screen version of THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD based on Charles Dickens� semi autobiographical chronicle of the life of the iconic title character!  They show Dev Patel who takes the role of the titular hero. The story follows Copperfield in the 1840's as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, all the while on a journey full of life, colour and humanity. Dickens actually modelled the character after himself. You can also see Aneurin Barnard in the photos,
Aneurin Barnard, who is no stranger to period set projects, also stars
who is in the cast next to Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Ben Whishaw, Morfydd Clark, Anthony Welsh and Rosalind Eleazar!

1ST 'PETERLOO' TRAILER
FROM NEW MIKE LEIGH DRAMA
There's also the first trailer for another historical drama waiting to hit cinemas November this year - Mike Leigh's PETERLOO which charts the
This is Leigh's first movie after 2014 drama Mr Turner
1819 Peterloo Massacre when British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester where government backed cavalry charged into
At least 15 innocent people were left dead in the massacre
a peaceful crowd of 80,000 that gathered  to demand democratic reform. Maxine Peake, our dearest Nico Mirallegro and Rory Kinnear lead the cast!