Defending a controversial S&M scene, a spokesperson for the BBC said it was important for 'Great Expectations' to 'push the boundaries of storytelling' and 'reinvent [classic novels] for a modern age.'
” in his television adaptation, now airing on the British broadcaster, and streaming on Hulu in the U.S.
Another of Knight’s embellishments in the show is that Miss Havisham, played by Olivia Colman, is portrayed as a sadistic opium addict. Asked what creative gaps existed in the scripted arena, Moore said that she and Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama, had greenlit a lot of thrillers, but she would like dramas in other genres like romance and comedy, and relationship dramas like Abi Morgan’s “The Split,” which “had a very different tone.”
In terms of BBC-backed films, she praised Raine Allen-Miller’s romantic comedy “Rye Lane” for its “change in tone.”
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