Ralph Fiennes’ second directing project following Coriolanus tells the story of Charles Dickens’ secret love affair with a young actress. Who better to play the iconic author than Fiennes himself. Sarah Cooper reports.
Watching Ralph Fiennes on the set of The Invisible Woman, complete with beard, Victorian costume and surrounded by street urchins, he looks like he was born to play Charles Dickens.
But after the challenge of his directorial debut Coriolanus –in which he also played the lead – Fiennes was initially reluctant to take on both acting and directing.
“It was a tough call. I was a bit wary having done it once on Coriolanus. But as I got to know Dickens, the actor in me saw the appeal of the role and the feeling that I should take it on became stronger and stronger” says Fiennes, who is now midway through the film’s 10-week shoot.
Based on Claire Tomalin’s biography, the film tells the story of the secret love affair between Dickens and young actress Nelly Ternan, played by rising British star Felicity Jones. Kristin Scott Thomas, who appeared alongside Fiennes in The English Patient stars as Ternan’s mother along with Tom Hollander who plays fellow novelist Wilkie Collins.
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