Dev Patel stars as the title character in "The Personal History of David Copperfield," the most madcap Charles Dickens adaptation you'll ever see.

Dev Patel’s big-screen portrayal of David Copperfield looks a little different than what Charles Dickens had in mind when the novelist published his eighth book back in 1849.

Watch Deadline's video review of 'The Personal History Of David Copperfield,' Armando Iannucci's lively adaptation of Dickens classic with Dev Patel.

TORONTO – When Dev Patel was called about playing the Dickensian title character of "The Personal History of David Copperfield," the Oscar-nominated "Lion" star totally had the wrong guy in mind ...

When filmmaker Armando Iannucci first reached out to Dev Patel about playing the title character in his Charles Dickens adaptation of “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” the actor was ...

Dev Patel on the role: “My agents said, ‘Armando Iannucci wants you to be David Copperfield.’ And I said, what, the magician?” Credit... 20th Century Studios ...

When Dev Patel was paged to play David Copperfield, “I thought it was David Copperfield the magician,” he said. “Obviously, I needed to read more books growing up.” Now the London-born ...

"I was the idiot who didn't know who David Copperfield was," Dev Patel admits to ET. That was before starring in his new film, The Personal History of David Copperfield, an adaptation of the ...

'The Personal History of David Copperfield,' starring Dev Patel, is set to open May 8, 2020, in select theaters. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History ...

Dev Patel stars as the legendary David Copperfield in 'The Personal History of David Copperfield,' in theaters May 8th.