Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones and Kristin Scott Thomas have hit the red carpet in London for the premiere of ‘The Invisible Woman’. <br /><br />It is the story of the scandalous and relatively unknown love affair between Charles Dickens and young actress Nelly Ternan.<br /><br />‘The Invisible Woman’ is Ralph Fiennes’ second movie as a director following his successful adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’ in 2011. <br /><br />Fiennes also plays the lead character. He explained Dickens was not only one of the Victorian era’s greatest writers but also a highly complex person: <br /><br />“He’s a contradictory character. He was capable of great acts of generosity. He was a very vital man. A highly energised man. Driven to work. Driven to write his novels. Sort of a self-made man in many ways. I think he was possibly a rather controlling father and husband. And I think in this film we have to deal with the way Dickens exited his marriage, which was unfortunate and arguably quite cruel,” Fiennes said.<br /><br />Felicity Jones, who plays Nelly Ternan, said she enjoyed working with Ralph Fiennes: “He’s so detailed. That’s what I love about him. Everything, the costume, the characterisation… He doesn’t let you get away with anything that’s phoney or false. It’s always about finding the truth.”<br /><br />Co-starring Joanna Scanlan as Dickens’ wife and Kristin Scott Thomas as Nelly’s mother, ‘The Invisible Woman’ has received mostly positive reviews. It is out across Europe in February.
