joealwyndaily: first look at Joe as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratc

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first look at Joe as Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol

Vinette Robinson as Mary Cratchit (centre) in the upcoming, three-part adaptation by Stephen Knight (Peaky Blinders,Taboo). Several big names are attached to this one, including Tom Hardy and Guy Pearce.

Robinson comments, “In the books you don’t learn much about [Mary Cratchit] other than she is the wife of Bob and the mother of Tim, but, in this version of the story, Steven has imagined her side of events and how she deals with the strained circumstances that the family is under. First and foremost, she’s a good mum, she’s so resilient, she’s sensitive and she’s tough and she’ll do anything for her family. She has to keep her family safe and has to make some very tough decisions on that front. […] What’s great is that Steven has written two female characters who have agency, Lottie [Charlotte Riley as the Ghost of Christmas Present] and Mary, and done so in a really clever way. They are not passive and very much drive their own stories.”