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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Entertainment
Hannah Roberts

‘A Christmas Carol’ adaptation to feature Scrooge who ‘despises refugees’

A modern-day film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel A Christmas Carol will feature a version of Ebenezer Scrooge who “despises refugees”, the director has revealed.

Musical movie Christmas Karma stars The Big Bang Theory’s Kunal Nayyar as a contemporary Scrooge, called Mr Sood, who is haunted by three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, played by Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria, Pose actor Billy Porter and British singer Boy George.

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