{"id":31286,"date":"2023-03-21T01:01:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T00:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1803380"},"modified":"2023-03-21T03:39:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T02:39:56","slug":"great-expectations-writer-added-saucy-lines-after-olivia-colman-casting","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/great-expectations-writer-added-saucy-lines-after-olivia-colman-casting\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Expectations writer added \u201csaucy lines\u201d after Olivia Colman casting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steven Knight added the lines in because he knew Colman would “pull it off”. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 21 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The BBC\u2019s new adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019s\u00a0Great Expectations<\/a> arrives with some pretty lofty expectations of its own, not least because it stars Olivia Colman in the role of Miss Havisham<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It seems that writer Steven Knight, known for creating Peaky Blinders<\/a> and SAS Rogue Heroes<\/a> amongst other series, was also enthused by this casting, as it led him to go back to the scripting stage and add in what he has called \u201csaucy lines\u201d.<\/p>\n

Knight explained: \u201c[Miss Havisham] was written as quite a big role anyway \u2013 obviously you\u2019ve got to write it to get the actor \u2013 and she\u2019s got to read pretty much beginning, middle and end. But when I knew it was Olivia obviously then you go back and start to enjoy yourself because you can start adding [a] bit more of what Olivia brings.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s just so powerful on the screen. There\u2019s a couple of things we changed once we knew she would be in the role \u2013 a couple of what you\u2019d call saucy lines where you know she\u2019s going to pull it off in a way that it\u2019s going to be just right. And she does.\u201d<\/p>\n