Star-Studded ‘Les Miserables’ Adaptation Headed to Masterpiece
The BBC and PBS Masterpiece are teaming up to bring a brand new version of famous novel Les Miserables to the small screen.
Award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies, best known for his work on BBC period drama Mr. Selfridge and the corporation’s lavish 2016 version of Tolsoy’s War and Peace, will be adapting Hugo’s story. He promises that his version will delve more deeply into the issues and layers of the author’s original story, focusing on Jean Valjean and Javert’s cat-and-mouse relationship, set against the epic backdrop of France at a time of civil unrest.
Actor Dominic West (The Affair, The Wire) will play the iconic role of Jean Valjean, opposite David Oyelowo (Selma, MI-5) as his nemesis Javert. The two are joined by an all-star cast that includes Lily Collins (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) as Fantine, Josh O’Connor (The Durrells in Corfu) as Marius, Erin Kellyman (Raised by Wolves) as Eponine, and Adeel Akhtar (The Big Sick, Ghosted) and Olivia Colman (Broadchurch, The Night Manager) as Monsieur and Madame Thénardier. (Whew!)
