patel because he, for me, was the actor who most represented what i saw in the character of david copperfieldfor life and his delight and imagination and everything, and i couldn't have imagined making the film with anyone else. but then once i cast david, i then asked myself, "how do i cut everyone else?" well, i should cast the way i cast david. just find the actor who best inhabits the spirit of that character irrespective of their background, ethnicity. i just want the best actor. i want — why should i not be able to choose from 100% of the acting talent available to me? that is a great cue, armando, for us just to play a very short clip from the david copperfield movie that, as you say, is now going to be seen around the world. it's so interesting that you have put out there a movie, which, frankly, charles dickens, when he wrote it, would not have imagined david copperfield would look like a man of south asian origin, but that, you say, is the precisely the point that this is about common humanity and that colour doesn't matter. let's have a look at the clip. mr dick! mr dick, mr dick!

for me, reading the david copperfield, i have been a huge fan of charles dickens all my life.not something conveyed in some of the adaptation is also very often people grow up with the idea he wrote about mud and fog and death and crime and thatis mud and fog and death and crime and that is it. but he is a very funny writer. i want to return to the idea of offence in comedy and where the line is. one of your hits was the death of stalin but it struck me that if you had suggested to investors that you had suggested to investors that you wanted to make a movie about the death of hitler that was going to be full of knockabout comedy, they would probably have laughed you out of the room. why is it that one of the great mass murderers of the 20th century the great mass murderers of the 20th ce ntu ry ca n the great mass murderers of the 20th century can be made fun of, albeit with serious undertones, but made fun of in a movie of yours are not actually cause offence to potentially millions of people across the former soviet union stop it needs to be done with great care and when we

are you david copperfield? iam indeed. what lies before you is a fight with the world.ve you with a couple of dvd releases offering new takes on familiar characters. in the personal history of david copperfield, director and co—writer armando iannucci works comedic wonders, astutely amplifying the absurdist and remarkably modern elements of dickens‘ endlessly reinterpretable source. boasting a barnstorming central performance by dev patel, this features an astonishing array of players cast with a colour—blind inclusivity that allows iannucci to broaden the scope and reach of his film beyond that of many previous dickens adaptations. it's an absolute treat. jip likes you. don't you,jip? "yes, i do!" jip never lies. the same cannot be said of dolittle, a disastrously dull screen reboot of hugh lofting's much loved character. here, he's played by robert downeer who, for reasons best known to himself, has decided to play dolittle with what he fondly imagines to be a broad welsh accent. lay down. we could resume your treatment. as actual welshmen michael sheen — who co—stars

are you david copperfield? lam indeed. what lies before you is a fight with the world.—writer armando iannucci works comedic wonders, astutely amplifying the absurdist and remarkably modern elements of dickens' endlessly reinterpretable source. boasting a barnstorming central performance by dev patel, this features an astonishing array of players cast with a colour—blind inclusivity that allows iannucci to broaden the scope and reach of his film beyond that of many previous dickens adaptations. it's an absolute treat. jip likes you. don't you,jip? "yes, i do!" jip never lies. the same cannot be said of dolittle, a disastrously dull screen reboot of hugh lofting's much—loved character. here, he's played by robert downeer who, for reasons best known to himself, has decided to play dolittle with what he fondly imagines to be a broad welsh accent. lay down. we could resume your treatment. as actual welshmen michael sheen — who co—stars with downey in the film — observed, "he asked me everything about the welsh accent except the most important question which was ‘should i be