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Charles Dickens’s novel, David Copperfield, has again been made into a movie. “The Adventures and Observations of David Copperfield” is the Swedish title. Directed and written by Armando Iannucci, who previously made the black comedy “The Death of Stalin” and political satire series such as “Veep” and “The Thick of it”.
When this film adaptation of the book, which takes place in the 1840s, was released in the UK, much attention was paid to Iannucci using so-called colorblind casting. That is, you ignore ethnicity or skin color when casting, something that is noticeable in many places in this film.
The so-called “color blind” casting was a prerequisite for director Armando Iannucci to have his first choice for the lead role: Dev Patel, the Indian-born actor who broke through with “Slum Dog Millionaire,” was nominated for an Oscar for his role in “Lion” and who is now David Copperfield. And then he continued to do the same with the rest of the roles, completely free to choose who he wanted for the different roles.
Roger Wilson has spoken with Armando Iannucci about the “colorblind” cast, but also about how to find humor in Dickens’s work and why Iannucci himself is so affected by the David Copperfield story.
