David Oyelowo, Lily Collins and Dominic West have joined the cast of the BBC’s planned Les Misérables mini-series. The news comes via trade paper Variety.
Based on Victor Hugo’s iconic literary classic, the story centers on French convict Jean Valjean (West) and his struggles to escape his past while being hunted for years over a parole violation by Inspector Javert (Oyelowo), set against the backdrop of the uprising of 1832. Collins will star as Fantine, so reports the trade.
The all star cast also includes Adeel Akhtar and Olivia Colman, who will play Monsieur and Madame Thénardier, respectively, as well as Ellie Bamber, who plays Cosette, Josh O’Connor as Marius, and Erin Kellyman as Éponine.
The six-parter will be written by Andrew Davies, with filming set to begin in February 2018 in Belgium and Northern France.
The BBC released a perfect selfie of the trio of actors at the time of the announcement.
