Roman Polanski is making a new adaptation of Oliver Twist
Metro
10 April 2012
Film director Roman Polanski has found a young lead for his new version of the Dickens' classic Oliver Twist after a trawl through London drama schools.
Barney Clarke, ten, will star opposite Ben Kingsley as Fagin, it was announced yesterday. Barney was chosen after auditions by 30 young actors. Polanski said the story has not been filmed since the David Lean classic of 1948.
He added: 'It destined for children, particularly my own.' Filming will take place not in London, where the story is set, but in the Czech Republic.