Here’s a first look at Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham, the witchy central character in Great Expectations, Mike Newell’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel. Miss Havisham is an iconic character over here in Britain: an embittered spinster who sits in her mouldering mansion still wearing the wedding dress she wore when she was jilted at the altar; she has trained her adopted daughter Estella to break men’s hearts just as her heart was broken.
这是海伦娜·伯翰·卡特饰演郝薇香小姐的造型。这个角色是导演迈克·内威尔改编自狄更斯小说《远大前程》的电影中诡异的核心人物。郝薇香小姐是在英国非常标志性的人物：一个坐在自己破落的大宅里哀怨的老处女，依然穿着她在婚礼时被抛弃在圣坛前时的婚纱。她训练她的养女诶斯特拉去伤害男人心，就像她的心被伤的程度一样。

Bonham Carter co-stars opposite Ralph Fiennes as escaped convict Magwitch. Producer Stephen Woolley tells me the Oscar nominee is playing Miss Havisham at the same age she is in Dickens novel — previous incarnations by Charlotte Rampling, Anne Bancroft and, most memorably, Martita Hunt in David Lean’s version played her much older.
与伯翰·卡特搭档对手戏饰演罪恶的逃婚者Magwitch的是拉尔夫·费因斯。制片人Stephen Woolley提到说这位奥斯卡提名候选人在戏中扮演的狄更斯小说中的郝薇香小姐正好于她的实际年龄相符。之前也扮演过这个角色的夏洛特·兰普林，安妮·班克罗夫特以及最令人难忘的在大卫·里恩版本里的Martita Hunt都把这个角色扮老了。

New York-based Unison Films is searching for a U.S. deal for the film, which Lionsgate UK will release in fall 2012. Hanway Films, which is handling all other territories, will show footage in Berlin. Newell will finish shooting the BBC Films-backed project by Christmas. Robbie Coltrane, Sally Hawkins and David Walliams (Little Britain) co-star, with Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) as Pip, the young hero of the story.
这部电影还在寻找美国的经营方，狮门影业会在2012年的秋天在英国上映这部电影，管理其他地区的Hanway电影公司会将电影在柏林首先试映。导演Newell会在圣诞节前拍摄完成跟BBC电影项目。罗彼·考特拉尼，莎莉·霍金斯，大卫·威廉姆斯（小不列颠的演员）以及杰瑞米·艾文（战马）分别参演此片。