Great-Expectations-Mike-NewellHilary Oliver chats with Director Mike Newell for his latest movie Great Expectations based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens. He has pulled together a wonderful cast in the movie including Jeremy Irvine (who shot to fame in Steven Spielberg’s War Horse), Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and Holliday Grainger.

In the interview, Newell talks about how this story made it’s way to the big screen, how the adaptation was accomplished and how the story is so contemporary and bringing the brilliantly the specific attention to detail to the big screen.

Great Expectations is released this Friday 30th November. If you missed it, you can see our interview with Jeremy Irvine here and keep your eyes peeled for further interviews this week.

If you want to know more about the movie, click here to see trailers, posters etc.

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