‘It’s very modern’: Armando Iannucci rips up rules with Dickens adaption
The Personal History Of David Copperfield has a diverse cast to reflect reality of Victorian London
Armando Iannucci wanted to “rip up the rules” of costume drama when adapting the Dickens classic David Copperfield, which the satirist says shares similarities with Martin Scorsese’s riotous tale of greed and excess, The Wolf of Wall Street.
The Personal History Of David Copperfield, which premiered at the Toronto film festival, is Iannucci’s third film and he decided to make it after re-reading the novel a decade ago, finding it “cinematic, funny and experimental”.