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PLAYING one of Charles Dickens's most famous anti-heroes was no small task for Adelaide actor Luke O'Loughlin.
His father is a devoted fan of the literary great, so O'Loughlin, 16, was slightly daunted when he was offered the lead role in the children's series Escape of the Artful Dodger.
"Dad has the whole Dickens collection -- he loves all those classics and read the whole (of Oliver Twist) to me when I was young," he says.
But nerves soon gave...