Frequent co-stars of P&P (2005) Actors

 

What do all of these familiar faces and famous Hollywood/International/A-list actors all have in common? Well, other than them being rich, famous, and talented actors, of course. They all have co-starred with our favorite P&P (2005) actors in some of their TV/films and stage play projects either more than once (and or with more than a few P&P actors) or multiple times with the same or different P&P actor(s). If you've seen the following movies (some I've recommended here for you to check out and watch!) they've done with our P&P actors either they were co-starring, appearing with a small (but still important roles) and or making a cameo appearances...then, you probably noticed (or perhaps not until now) that they were all in those movies (whether they were made for Television or Feature films) and stage plays frequently co-starring with P&P 05 actors. I thought I'd compiled and list them here as I've been noticing them in all these movies I've seen and it's very interesting that all have co-starred with them not just once, but twice or even a few times or more with some of our favorite P&P actors listed here...kind of like a six degrees of P&P 05 actors game, where each of these famous actors have a connection with just about everyone of them.

Check out below the familiar names and faces (images included) with a list of films they co-starred/appeared more than once with our P&P (2005) actors...


The following P&P (2005) actors featured here (with their frequent co-stars as well as being directed by Joe Wright in his films such as Atonement, The Soloist, Hanna, and the upcoming Anna Karenina) are: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Talulah Riley, Rupert Friend, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Simon Woods, Kelly Reilly, , , and Claudie Blakley

In random order

Colin Firth - The Importance of Being Ernest and Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, The Last Legion with Rupert Friend, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, Steve (short) with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Emma Thompson - Maybe Baby with Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Hollander, and Kelly Reilly, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Johnny Depp - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Rupert Friend, and Kelly Reilly
Ryan Gosling - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Fracture with Rosamund Pike, Drive with Carey Mulligan
Sam Worthington - Last Night with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Liam Neeson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Rupert Everett - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley
Leonardo DiCaprio - Inception with Talulah Riley, J.Edgar with Judi Dench, The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Maggie Smith - Ladies in Lavender and A Room with a View with Judi Dench (as well as Stage and other films with JD), Downton Abbey (season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Pierce Brosnan - Bond movies with Judi Dench, Die Another Day with Judi Dench and Rosamund Pike, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Daniel Craig - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace/Bond 23 (Bond movies) with Judi Dench
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Bend it Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, The Tudors (season 3 and 4) with Tamzin Merchant
Hayley Atwell - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Sam Clafin - The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Mathew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Pirates 4 with Judi Dench
Rufus Sewell - The Last King with Simon Woods and directed by Joe Wright, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House with Carey Mulligan, Any Human Heart with Tom Hollander and Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Rowan Atkinson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Ralph Fiennes - Land of The Blind with Donald Sutherland and Tom Hollander, The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, The Very Thought of You with Tom Hollander
Ray Stevenson - Rome (series) with Simon Woods, The Three Musketeers 3D with Matthew Macfadyen
Helena Bonham Carter - A Room With The View with Judi Dench, Enid with Matthew Macfadyen
Romola Garai - Angel with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley and Brenda Blethyn
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn and director Joe Wright, Hanna with Tom Hollander and Joe Wright(director)
Michael Fassbender - Eden Lake with Kelly Reilly, Angel with Simon Woods, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, A Dangerous Method with Keira Knightley, Shame with Carey Mulligan
Ciaran Hinds - Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Rome (TV series) with Simon Woods, Above Suspicion (TV series) with Kelly Reilly, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Sally Hawkins - An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Miranda Richardson - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Puffball with Kelly Reilly and Donald Sutherland, Made in Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Robert Downey Jr. - The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone and directed by Joe Wright, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly
Jude Law - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Dan Stevens - Downton Abbey (TV miniseries) seasons 1-2 with Penelope Wilton
Keeley Hawes - Spooks/MI-5 with Matthew Macfadyen, Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Death at a Funeral with Matthew Macfadyen, Ashes to Ashes with Matthew Macfadyen
Andrea Riseborough - Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Michael Gambon - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Perfect Strangers/Almost Strangers with Matthew Macfadyen, The Lost Prince with Tom Hollander, Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly, Cranford with Judi Dench and Simon Woods
Bill Nighy - Lawless Heart with Tom Hollander, Love Actually with Keira knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Keira Knightley and Tom Hollander, Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio with Talulah Riely, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Albert Finney - A Rather English Marriage with Rosamund Pike, A Good Year with Tom Hollander
Alfred Molina - Undertaking Betty/Plot with a View with Brenda Blethyn, Silk with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Bob Hoskins - The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Mrs. Henderson Presents with Judi Dench and Kellly Reilly, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Charlotte Rampling - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Dominic Cooper - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, An Education with Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan
Marion Cottilard - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Inception with Talulah Riley, Nine with Judi Dench
Susan Sarandon - StepMom with Jena Malone, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon with Matthew Macfadyen, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Eddie Redmayne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Pillars of The Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench
Kim Catrall - My Boy Jack with Carey Mulligan, Private Lives (stage play) with Matthew Macfadyen, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Orlando Bloom - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Three Musketeers with Matthew Macfadyen
Gemma Arterton - St. Trinian's 1 and 2 and Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, Quantum of Solace (Bond film) with Judi Dench, The Little Dog Laughed (stage play) with Rupert Friend
Jim Broadbent - Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Iris with Judi Dench, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Rupert-Penry Jones - Cambridge Spies with Tom Hollander, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, Agatha Christie's Poirot (Sad Cypress) and Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly
Kate Winslet - Iris with Judi Dench, Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Hugh Dancy - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn
Jeremy Northam - Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Possession with Tom Hollander
Helen Mirren - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Caludie Blakley, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton
Clive Owen - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Elizabeth: The Golden Agewith Tom Hollander
Kelly Macdonald - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Eileen Atkins - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Cranford and Return to Cranford with Judi Dench, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland
Rupert Graves - The Last King (TV miniseries) with Simon Woods and Joe Wright (director), Death at a Funeral and Miss Marple: Pocket Full of Rye with Matthew Macfadyen, A Room with the View with Judi Dench, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Daniel Day-Lewis - The Ballad of Jack and Rose with Jena Malone, A Room with the View and Nine with Judi Dench
Jason Statham - The Italian Job and The Mechanic with Donald Sutherland
Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland and Jena Malone, Nine with Judi Dench
Tobey Maguire - Brothers and The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Natalie Portman - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Brothers with Carey Mulligan, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherlandand Jena Malone
Jake Gyleenhaal - Dannie Darko with Jena Malone, Brothers with Carey Mulligan
Celia Imrie - Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley, Cranford with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, The Best Exotic Marigold with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal with Judi Dench, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Hanna with Tom Hollander and director Joe Wright (director)
Rhys Ifans - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend, Bond 23 with Judi Dench
Abbie Cornish - Elizabeth: The Golden Age and A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Bright Star with Caludie Blakley, Sucker Punch with Jena Malone
Samantha Morton - The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Kelly Reilly, and Rupert Friend, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Messenger with Jena Malone
Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 and Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander
Collin Farrell - Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland, Triage with Kelly Reilly, London Boulevard with Keira Knightley, Horrible Bosses with Donald Sutherland

Also...
Jennifer Ehle - Bedroom and Hallways with Tom Hollander, Possession with Tom Hollander, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Francess O'Connor - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander
Hugh Bonneville - Iris with Judi Dench, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond films) with Judi Dench, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries; Season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Rev. (TV series), Legally Mad (TV Movie), and Freezing (TV series) with Tom Hollander, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley
Sam Neill - Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley,
Cilian Murphy - The Way We Live Now with Matthew Macfadyen, The Edge of Love with Keira Knightley, Inception with Talulah Riley
James McAvoy - Penelope with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, and director Joe Wright, Filth with Rupert Friend
Jamie Bell - The Eagle with Donald Sutherland, Jane Eyre with Tamzin Merchant and Judi Dench, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, Filth with Rupert Friend
Emily Barclay - In My Father's Den with Matthew Macfadyen, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Brendan Coyle - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond film) with Judi Dench, Larkrise to Candleford (TV series) with Claudie Blakley, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries, season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton
Christina Ricci - Bastard Out of Carolina and Cheaters with Jena Malone, Penelope with Simon Woods
Jennifer Lawrence - Devil You Know with Rosamund Pike, Hunger Games with Donald Sutherland
Aaron Johnson - The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and Joe Wright (director)
Paul Dano - The Ballad of Jack and Rose and For Ellen with Jena Malone
Jemima Rooper - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, and Penelope Wilton, Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike
Catherine Keener - Lovely & Amazing with Brenda Blethyn, The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Into The Wild with Jena Malone, The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone, and Joe Wright (director)
Emile Hirsch - The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Kristin Scott Thomas - The Seagull (stage play) with Carey Mulligan, Life As A House with Jena Malone, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Juliet Stevenson - Bend It Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, Triage with Kelly Reilly
Emily Mortimer - Coming Home with Keira Knightley,  Lovely & Amazing and The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Match Point with Penelope Wilton
Claire Foy - Little Dorrit with Matthew Macfadyen, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
JJ Feild - Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Felicity Jones - Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Tom Mison - The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (TV series) with Carey Mulligan,The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (short film) with Rupert Friend and Keira Knightley, Steve with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Anna Maxwell Martin - Bleak House (TV miniseries) with Carey Mulligan, South Riding (TV Miniseries) with Penelope Wilton, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Jodie Foster - Contact and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys with Jena Malone
Audrey Tautou - L'Auberge Spagnole (The Spanish Apartment) and Russian Dolls with Kelly Reilly
Michelle Williams - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench
Ewan McGregor - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen
Kristen Stewart - Fierce People with Donald Sutherland, Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Rachelle LeFevre - Fugitive Pieces and Barney's Version with Rosamund Pike
Chris Evans - Saved! with Jena Malone, Fierce People with Donald Sutherland
Mark Strong - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Sherlock Holmes with Kelly Reilly, The Eagle with Donald Sutherland
Paul Bethany - Coming Home (TV movie) with Keira Knightley, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend
Russell Crowe - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen
Tom Cruise - Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, One Shot with Rosamund Pike


And there you have it (boredom lead me to this, haha!)...I've attempted a long list here all in one post...phew! Did I miss anyone? I'm sure there's a movie or an actor I forgot to list here, but will add here if I see/noticed more films with familiar/famous actors co-starring with our P&P actors (at least twice or a few times) as soon as I spot them, lol...

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Must-See films starring P&P Actors (Fall/Winter 2011)

Here are a list of some P&P '05 alumni with a new movie starting this Fall through Winter of 2011 (early 2012).

But first...

Looks like only one two P&P actors has a movie in theaters this fall, Matthew Macfadyen has The Three Musketeers in 3D film and Rupert Friend has 5 Days War. It is, once again, mostly P&P actresses who are going to be seen in theaters this fall/winter of 2011 such as Keira Knightley has A Dangerous Method premiering at both Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. No theatrical release date for that film yet. Update: Sony Pictures Classics has now set a U.S release date for A Dangerous Method for November 23rd! It will also have a gala screening at this year's New York Film Fest on Oct. 5th. Keira has another made for TV movie titled Neverland as the voice of Tinker Bell, which will air on Syfy on December. Carey Mulligan (who was in Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightley) will be in Drive with Ryan Gosling next month and she has Shame with Michael Fassbender to premiere in both Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. No theatrical release date for that yet. Rosamund Pike, much like last year, has two new movies coming out soon, The Big Year with Owen Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Martin (to name a few of the many ensemble cast) and Johnny English Reborn with Rowan Atkinson and Gillian Anderson. Kelly Reilly reprises her Mary Morstan role in the sequel,  Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. And Judi Dench has two new films coming soon as well,  My Week With Marilyn with Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, and Eddy Redmayne and J. Edgar with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Anyway, mark your calendar (for U.S. fans) as here are a list (thus far) of the following (Note: release dates are subject to change) ...


U.S. Release Dates for P&P Actors' 2011 Films
In theaters (2011)
»5 Days of War 8.19.11 (Rupert Friend co-stars)
» Drive - 9.16.11 (Carey Mulligan co-stars)
» The Big Year - 10.14.11 (Rosamund Pike co-stars)
» The Three Musketeers - 10.21.11 (Matthew Macfadyen co-stars)
» Johnny English Reborn - 10.28.11 (Rosamund Pike co-stars)
» My Week With Marilyn - 11.04.2011 (Judi Dench co-stars) 
» London Boulevard  - 11.11.11 (Keira Knightley co-stars)
» J. Edgar - 11.09.2011 (Judi Dench co-stars) 
» A Dangerous Method - 11.23.11 (Keira Knightley co-stars)  
» Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 12.16.11 (Kelly Reilly co-stars)

On TV (2011) on SyFy channel (USA)...
» Neverland - December 2011 (Keira Knightley co-stars)
» Downton Abbey (TV series)(Sept 18, 2011 UK; Jan 8, 2012 US) -  

Plus ...

Other TBA films slated for a possible late 2011/early 2012 releases...
- Anna Karenina (2012)- Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen (Joe Wright is directing)  
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) - Keira Knightley  
- The Sea  - Rosamund Pike
- Shame (2011) - Carey Mulligan 
- The Great Gatsby (2012) - Carey Mulligan
- The Knot (2012) - Talulah Riley  
- White Frog (2012) - Talulah Riley   
- Jack and Diane (2012) - Jena Malone  
- Family Tree (2012) - Jena Malone        
- The Wait (2011) - Jena Malone
- For Ellen (2012) - Jena Malone
- Vera (TV series) (Season 2 in 2012) - Brenda Blethyn
- My Angel (2011) - Brenda Blethyn
- No One Gets Off in This Town - Brenda Blethyn
- Edwin Boyd (2011) - Kelly Reilly
- The Castle(2011) - Kelly Reilly
- Above Suspicion: Silent Scream (TV series) - Kelly Reilly  
- This Beautiful Fantastic (2012) - Rupert Friend
- Renee (2012) - Rupert Friend
- The Haunted (2012) - Rupert Friend 
- Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 (TV series)(2011) - Tom Hollander  
- Rev. (TV series) - Tom Hollander
- Stainless Steel (2012) - Judi Dench, Tamzin Merchant
- Dawn Rider (2012) - Donald Sutherland 

- Jock (2011) - Donald Sutherland 
-My Life As an Experiment (TV movie) (2011) - Donald Sutherland
- Sofia (2011) - Donald Sutherland
- Treasure Island (TV movie) (2012) - Donald Sutherland
- Man on the Train(2011) - Donald Sutherland
- Moby Dick (TV series)(2011) - Donald Sutherland  

 
Also... 

In theaters (2012)

» Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) - 2.10.11 (Keira Knightley cameos) 
» The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - 3.09.12 (Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton co-stars)
» The Hunger Games - 3.23.12 (Donald Sutherland co-stars)

»Wrath of the Titans - 3.30.12 (Rosamund Pike co-stars)
» Bond 23- 11.09.12 (Judi Dench co-stars)

In theaters (2013)
»One Shot - 2.08.13 (Rosamund Pike co-stars) 

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Then & Now: Pride & Prejudice Actors

Ok, I did not forget about our favorite P&P male actors. Of course not. Not when the handsome and darcylicious Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy leading the talented P&P men here. No, can't say that I would, lol.These wonderful men of the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film are as talented and incredible actors as their female co-stars, who dominated the P&P cast. Four  (including season veteran and legendary actor Donald Sutherland) of them have been working steady and continued to get recognized on their own in various stage plays, television and film projects they've done since their P&P movie.

Here are a compiled list of what our favorite P&P male actors are currently doing, which TV show or films you last seen them starred/appeared in, and what they will be doing next (via IMDB) to name a few...

Pride & Prejudice Cast
Where are they now?

Matthew Macfadyen (Mr. Darcy)
Best known for role(s): Mr. Darcy (Pride & Prejudice), Tom Quinn (MI-5 (TV series)), Arthur Clennam (Little Dorrit (TV mini-series)), Logan Mountstuart (Middle) (Any Human Heart (TV series))
Last seen in: Any Human Heart (TV series) as Logan Mountstuart (Middle),
The Pillars of the Earth (TV mini-series) as Prior Philip, and Robin Hood as
Sheriff of Nottingham
Was in a stage play: Private Lives with Kim Cattrall

Will be seen next in: The Three Musketeers (post-production) as
Athos - In theaters October 14th!
Upcoming film project(s): Anna Karenina as Oblonski with P&P co-star Keira Knightley and director . Filming begins September 2011 on location in the UK and Russia. Read more info on Anna Karenina here!    


Donald Sutherland (Mr. Bennet)
Best Known for role(s): Mr. Bennet (Pride & Prejudice),Reverend Monroe (Cold Mountain), Hawkeye Pierce (MASH), Calvin Jarrett (Ordinary People), John Bridger (The Italian Job), Merrick (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Patrick 'Tripp' Darling III (Dirty Sexy Money (TV series)), Nathan Templeton (Commander in Chief (TV series)) and many more...
Last seen in these films: The Mechanic as Harry McKenna, The Eagle
as Uncle Aquila, The Pillars of the Earth (TV mini-series)
Bartholomew
Will be seen next in: Horrible Bosses Jack Pellit - In theaters 
Currently filming: The Hunger Games as President Snow 
Upcoming film project(s): Treasure Island (TV movie) (post-production) as
Flint, Jock (post-production) Narrator (voice), Sofia (post-production), My Life As an Experiment (TV movie) (post-production) as Sam Bobkin, Man on the Train - The Professor, Moby Dick (TV series) as Father Mapple  
  
Tom Hollander (Mr. Collins)
Best known for role(s): Mr. Collins (Pride & Prejudice), Cutler Becket (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End), Osborne Hamley (Wives and Daughters (TV mini-series)), Charlie Willis (A Good Year),   
Last seen in: Hanna as Isaacs, Any Human Heart (TV series) as Duke Of Windsor / Duke of Windsor / Prince Of Wales  
Currently stars in his own TV series: Rev. (TV series) as The Reverend Adam Smallbone and filming Season 2.
Will be seen next in: Unknown
Upcoming film project(s): Unknown

Rupert Friend (Mr. Wickham)
Best known for role(s): Mr. Wickham (Pride & Prejudice), Prince Alb (The Young Victoria), Chéri (Chéri), Ludovic Meyer (Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont)
Last seen in: Jolene as Coco Leger, The Kid as Kevin Lewis,  
written and directed the short film: Steve starring P&P '95's Colin Firth, Lost In Austen's Tom Mison, and P&P co-star and ex-girlfriend Keira Knightley. Was screened in the following Film Festivals: London Film Fest, Milan International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Santa Barbara, and Atlanta Film Fest. Up next: Palm Springs and Moscow. Read more info at Steve's official website. 
Will be seen next: 5 Days of War as Thomas Anders (2011), Lullaby for Pi as Sam  
Upcoming film project(s): Renee (post-production) as David McKenna (2012), Filth (pre-production) 2012, This Beautiful Fantastic (pre-production) as Billy  2012  


Simon Woods (Mr. Bingley)
Best known for role(s): Mr. Bingley (Pride & Prejudice),
Gaius Octavian Caesar (Rome (TV series)), Dr. Harrison (Cranford (TV mini-series)   
Last seen in: A Previous Engagement as Tyler  (2008), Angel as Clive Fennelly, and Penelope as Edward Vanderman 
Will be seen next: Unknown

Upcoming film project(s): Unknown


Cornelius Booth (Colonel Fitzwilliam) (see more of his TV/Film/Theatre work resume here!)

Best known for role(s): Colonel Fitzwilliam (Pride & Prejudice)

Last seen in:  Beauty (TV movie) as Steve, Fallen (TV movie) as Doctor,
Casualty (TV series) as Matt Emerson,  Penelope as Pub Patron 1, and Pride & Prejudice as Colonel Fitzwilliam 
Will be seen next: on stage for a summer tour with the play Henry IV part 2 from July 13 to August 13 at the Theatre Royal Bath with Lost In Austen's Tom Mison (Mr. Bingley). 
Upcoming film project(s): Uknown

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Then & Now: More Pride & Prejudice Actresses

The beautiful Bennet girls are not the only ones whose careers soared and have continued to be busy after their P&P film. Here are the rest of the best Pride & Prejudice supporting cast who are all wonderful, versatile, and amazingly talented group of actresses (from a few season veterans to breakout newcomers) and what they're up to now... 

 
Pride & Prejudice Cast
Where are they now?

Brenda Blethyn (Mrs. Bennet)
Best known for role(s): Mrs. Bennet (Pride & Prejudice, which she was nominated for a BAFTA film award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role), Cynthia Rose Purley (Secrets & Lies, which she was also nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role), Mari Hoff (Little Voice, which she was, again, nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role)     
Last seen in: London River -as Elizabeth, The Calling - as Sister Ignatious,  Dead Man Running - as Mother  
Will be seen next in: Vera (TV series) (completed) (2011) as DCI Vera Stanhope   

Judi Dench (Lady Catherine de Bourgh)
Best known for role(s): M (James Bond Movies), Lady Catherine de Bourg (Pride & Prejudice), Queen Elizabeth (Shakespeare in Love, which she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress with interestingly, an only a cameo appearance!),  Jean / Jean Pargetter ( As Time Goes By (TV series) ), and many, many more...
Last seen in: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (a cameo as Society Lady), Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax with P&P co-star .
Just Completed: Stainless Steel (completed) as Ms Begley with, once again, P&P/Jane Eyre co-star  
Upcoming Films: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (post-production) with P&P co-star Penelope Wilton,  My Week with Marilyn (post-production) as Dame Sybil Thorndike,  J. Edgar (post-production) as Anne Marie Hoover, as Bond 23 (pre-production) as M,  The Curse of The Buxom Strumpet (pre-production) as Mrs. Halfpint, Better Living Through Chemistry (pre-production)
   
Penelope Wilton (Mrs. Gardiner)
Best known for role(s): Isobel Crawley (Downton Abbey (TV series) ), Mrs. Gardiner (Pride & Prejudice), Ruth (Calendar Girls)
Last seen in: South Riding (TV mini-series) as Mrs. Beddows, Downton Abbey (TV series) as  Isobel Crawley
Currently filming: Season 2 of  Downton Abbey (TV series) as  Isobel Crawley  
Upcoming film(s): The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (post-production) with P&P/Iris co-star Judi Dench,  Hotel Caledonia (announced) as Linda Tickle (rumored)

Kelly Reilly (Caroline Bingley)
Best known for role(s): Caroline Bingley (Pride & Prejudice, which she won an Empire Award for a Best Newcomer), DC Anna Travis (Above Suspicion movie and TV series), Mary Morstan (Sherlock Holmes movies) 
Last seen in: Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent (TV series)
Currently filming: Season 4 of her Above Suspicion TV series titled: Silent Scream. 
Upcoming film(s):  Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (post-production) reprises her role as Mary Morstan with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in theaters December 16, 2011, Edwin Boyd (post-production) as Doreen Boyd  

Claudie Blakley (Charlotte Lucas) 
Best known role(s): Emma Timmins (Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series) ),  Charlotte Lucas (Pride & Prejudice),  Mabel Nesbitt (Gosford Park)
Last seen in: Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series) Emma Timmins, The Nativity (TV mini-series) as Anna
Currently seen in: The Cherry Orchard  (stage play). The play started its previews May 10th, with an official opening May 17th and runs through July. See Photos: Claudie Blakley in Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard'
Upcoming TV/film(s): The Night Watch (TV movie) (2011) as Nancy

Tamzin Merchant (Georgiana Darcy)
Best known role(s): Georgiana Darcy (Pride & Prejudice), Catherine Howard (The Tudors (TV series)),  Mary Rivers (Jane Eyre) 
Last seen recently in: Syfy's original movie Red Faction: Origins (TV movie) as Lyra
Currently seen:  Jane Eyre as Mary Rivers with P&P co-star Judi Dench.
Upcoming film(s):  Stainless Steel (completed) as Tammy Watts with Jane Eyre co-stars Judi Dench, Mia Wasikowska, and Jamie Bell.       

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Then & Now: Pride & Prejudice's The Bennet Girls

As aforementioned here in this blog, these young and very talented actresses (Academy Award® Nominee Keira Knightley, British Independent Film Award winner Rosamund Pike, Young Artist Award Winner Jena Malone, Academy Award® Nominee and BAFTA winner Carey Mulligan, and Talulah Riley) who played the Bennet sisters brilliantly and quite convincingly in the 2005 Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film, Pride & Prejudice were, in my opinion, all great together as sisters and an outstanding ensemble cast in their P&P 2005 film as well as individually, in their own other films before, during, or after they co-starred in P&P movie.

This time I thought I'd update you all in what they're up to as these 5 P&P 05 Bennet actresses (with the exception of Keira Knightley and Jena Malone) as unknowns before P&P movie (ie. Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, and Talulah Riley) and then, post-P&P movie each had started to get wide recognition and more TV & film projects as well as critically acclaimed for their other roles (Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, and Rosamund Pike) as one of them had become an instant breakout star, it girl, and Oscar/Golden Globe nominee as well as BAFTA award winner (Carey Mulligan) in such as short time. The worldwide success of the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film sure got each one of them a lot of recognition and attention they never had before even for its lead star Keira Knightley, who was already a big name from Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates movies prior to P&P movie. Also, for Jena Malone, who is a well-known, young veteran actress in her own right. They each have done very well individually after they were all cast in this film (and will definitely always be remembered for it) and after its released back in 2005 to its worldwide success that this film has continued to be to this day. 

Anyway, if you're wondering what's new or what they're up to these days with their respective careers since P&P movie was released almost 6 years ago. Here's a compiled list of what they're doing now and what they'll be doing next to for their next TV/Film/Stage Play projects (with recent public appearances photos of each of the 5 Bennet girls along with links and additional info via IMDB)...

Pride & Prejudice

The Bennet Sisters: Where are they now?

Keira Knightley (Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet)

 

(Photo by PacificCoastNews.com) 

Keira Knightley Outside 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'
Keira Knightley stops to sign some autographs and pose for pictures before an appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart".  (May 10, 2011)

Best Known for role(s): Elizabeth Bennet (Pride & Prejudice; nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress), Elizabeth Swann (Pirates 1-3 movies)
Last seen in: The Children's Hour (stage play) - Karen,  Never Let Me Go -
Ruth with P&P co-star Carey Mulligan, London Boulevard - Charlotte
Currently seen in: Last Night - Joanna Reed

Currently filming:  Seeking a Friend for the End of the World as Penny with Steve Carrell

Up next: Neverland (TV movie) (post-production) Tinker Bell (voice)
Will be seen next in: A Dangerous Method (completed) Sabina Spielrein
Upcoming film: Anna Karenina (2011) with P&P co-star and director . Filming begins September 2011 on location in the UK and Russia. Read more info on Anna Karenina here! 

In development projects: Tender Is the Night 2013, The Emperor's Children (2012) 

 

Jena Malone (Lydia Bennet)

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America)

Opening Night Of "Beauty Culture" At The Annenberg Space For Photography - Red Carpet
Jena Malone arrives at the opening night of "Beauty Culture" at the Annenberg Space for Photography on May 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

Best known in role(s): Anna Harrison (Stepmom), Ruth Anne "Bone" Boatright (Bastard Out of Carolina),  Mary (Saved!), Lydia Bennet (Pride & Prejudice)
Last seen in: Sucker Punch as Rocket
Currently seen in: I Think Bad Thoughts (short) Jena with Karate Kid's Ralph Macchio and Elijah Wood. Watch Jena Malone in the music video for 'I Think Bad Thoughts'
Upcoming films:  
Family Tree (pre-production) 
For Ellen (post-production) Susan
Jack and Diane (post-production) Susan 
The Wait (post-production) Angela
shorts:
David Goldberg (short) Vida 

Rachel (short) Rachel - Follow the link and watch Jena Malone in the trailer for 'Rachel'! 

Indevelopment project(s): Mu

Rosamund Pike (Jane Bennet)

 

(Photo by Bauer Griffin)

BAFTA Awards Red Carpet

Rosamund Pike arrived at the red carpet for the 2011 BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards ceremony held at Royal Opera House. (February 13, 2011)

Best known role(s): Jane Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Miranda Frost (Die Another Day , a Bond film)
Last Seen:  Women in Love (TV series) Gudrun Brangwen, Burning Palms - Dedra Davenport, Made in Dagenham - Lisa Hopkins

Currently seen in: Barney's Version - Miriam Grant-Panofsky (Coming to DVD and Blu-ray June 28th)
Currently filming:  Wrath of the Titans (filming) Andromeda
Will be seen next in: Johnny English Reborn (post-production) (Sept. 16, 2011), The Big Year (post-production) (Oct. 2011)
Upcoming film(s): The Sea (pre-production) Connie Grace

In development project(s):  Godmother (2014), Untitled Nick Hornby Project

Carey Mulligan (Kitty Bennet) 

(photo by New York Times)

Photos: Carey Mulligan in 'Through A Glass Darkly'
Also, the New York Times released a promotional photoshoot of Carey Mulligan on set and in character for Through a Glass Darkly as well as a new interview.

Best known in role(s): Kitty Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Jenny (An Education; nominated for Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe; BAFTA winner for Best Actress)
Last seen in: Never Let Me Go - Kathy with P&P co-star Keira Knightley, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Winnie Gekko  with Michael Douglas and Shia Lebeauf
Currently seen in: Through A Glass Darkly (off-broadway) (May 13 - July 3rd)
Will be seen next in: Drive as Irene with Ryan Gosling, Shame (post-production as Sissy with Michael Fassbender
Will be filming next: The Great Gatsby (pre-production) Daisy Buchanan
with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher in August in Australia
In development project(s): My Fair Lady (2012), On Chesil Beach

Talulah Riley (Mary Bennet) 

(Photo by PacificCoastNews.com)

The Jameson Empire Awards 2011 in London 2
Talulah Riley lights up the red carpet at the Jameson Empire Awards 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. (March 27, 2011)

Best Known in role(s): Mary Bennet (Pride & Prejudice), Annabelle Fritton (St. Trinian's 1 and 2 movies)
Last seen in: The Dilemma (cameo role as a Concept Car Spokesmodel) with Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, and Queen Latifah;  Inception (in a cameo role with Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, and Tom Hardy)
Recently filmed: The Knot (filming) as Alexandra with Mena Suvari
In development project(s): Transmission (2012)

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16 Beautiful Things I love about the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film

More than five years ago, I watched my now all-time favorite film to watch multiple times: Pride & Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.To easily quote one of my favorites and Mr. Darcy's most memorable lines in the film, the first time I saw this film, it instantly "bewitched me body and soul," and I was hooked and have been watching it ever since! Obviously! This is why I've been blogging about this film and still do. I just love, love, love watching this film! I had been watching this film so many times (I've already lost count after 50+ on how many times...) ever since it was released in theaters that late November in 2005 and on DVD in 2006 and then on Blu-ray in 2010...and still do and love re-watching it even more so to this day. This beautiful and brilliantly breathtaking film always cheers me up no matter what mood I'm in. I just love this film a lot and must say it's my absolute favorite version (albeit I'm open to watching them all and loved and enjoyed watching other versions as well) of the many adaptations of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice that I have seen before and now after this film was released.



No comparison needed though to other versions, this film, in my opinion, is a stand out, unique, and a masterpiece on its own. It clearly knows what adaptation means and had taken liberties to making it its own, with creative freedom of adding fresh, new and interesting things to appeal to not just the older, but younger, modern audiences of our generation, basically for everyone and all ages to love and enjoy watching this for many more generations to come, while at the same time still honoring the original source (the novel of the same title by the one and only Jane Austen) by staying true and faithful to capturing the heart and spirit of the book and re-telling the story in Elizabeth Bennet's point of view as the novel had originally intended it and we see the story and the events through her eyes the same way we read it in the book and the story's told through her point of view. While this version's not perfect and has its flaws and short comings, but that's only because the filmmakers chose to follow the two hours length of time and so they have to make sure they have all the most important parts of the book (ie. Elizabeth Bennet's story, the love story of Elizabeth & Darcy, and Jane and Mr. Bingley, etc.) to fit in the film's two hours time frame. Therefore excluding the least important and minor characters and parts from the book that you can read in the book. That's what the book (the original source not other P&P versions before this film or after) is for...it's supposed to make you want to see more and go back to read or re-read it for more details and info. that the film didn't cover or left out..isn't that what an adaptation is all about? I thought this film did just that. Two of the many things I love about this film: 1) it didn't make an exact replica of the original source (JA's novel) nor did it copy word for word every line the characters said in the film, but worded them different, yet similar in meaning and close enough, you can still relate to it or even understand it better than the book. And 2), the following 16 beautiful things below that made me love and enjoyed watching this beautiful film over and over again...probably a million times now or so like one of those classics that stood the test of time no matter how many times you've seen it (ie. The Sound of Music), you never get tired of watching it (or talking about it like I do with this film, lol), and it never gets old. It stays with you as you grow older and it becomes a classic. This film is like that (even though it's only been just almost six years and a lil' less than ten years since its theatrical release), for me, it already aged beautifully like a fine wine.

1. Breathtakingly Beautiful Cinematography

Every screen capture of this film is a visual treasure!

“The film was to be beautiful not pretty, romantic but not sentimental. We would set it in a countryside full of life, as muddy as things must have been back then”. (Paul Webster, P&P producer)

Pride & Prejudice's brilliant Cinematographer/Director of Photography's Roman Osin won BIFA (British Independent Film Award) for The Warrior for Best Technical Achievement. Interestingly, he was only nominated twice for P&P for Best Cinematographer from the European Film Awards and for Best Cinematography from the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (CFCAA Awards).

His other visually stunning work in the following...

• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium  
• I Am David
• The Warrior

Next for him...
This Beautiful Fantastic (starring P&P's Rupert Friend/Mr. Wickham)

2. Stunningly Beautiful Filming Locations

Photos: P&P Filming Locations

 Filmed entirely on location in England.

"Shooting through the summer of 2004 was a delight. We made the film all across England in half a dozen counties using seven different stately homes." (Paul Webster, Pride & Prejudice producer)

The fact that the East Midlands region of England was used extensively for location filming for Pride and Prejudice is especially fitting given that Jane Austen drew on the Derbyshire landscape for some of her most descriptive passages in the novel. Austen's descriptions of the county refer to there being "no finer county in England than Derbyshire", and feature "all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, and the Peak". (from VisitBritain)

P&P Locations (from P&P Companion Book)

“It is quite unusual for a movie this size to be shot entirely on location. Part of Joe’s idea was to try to create a reality which allows the actors to relax and feel at one with their environment.” (Paul Webster, producer)

The approach proved viable early on; cast members, instead of retiring to movie trailers between scenes, would head into their own Groombridge bedrooms.

The challenge of casting and shooting
Wright's version is a fresh yet faithful adaptation of the original novel that retains its own identity, while remaining relevant for audiences of all ages to enjoy.

"We really got involved with the emotions and the realities of the characters, and that’s what’s important in any story, whether it’s set in 2005 or 1797.

Wright also chose to use actual locations where possible, to increase the authenticity, rather than resorting to filming in an airport hangar or studio lot at Shepperton.

It was a decision he admits was made easier by Austen's text itself.

"I hadn’t read the book before being sent the script, and I was shocked by how acutely observed the novel was, and how much it felt like a piece of British realism.

"So the idea to shoot in real locations came from that. We wanted to create 360 degree worlds in which the characters could perform."

Needless to say, this helped the cast immeasurably, especially since they were able to gain access in advance to many of the locations.

3. Beautiful soundtrack

*Oscar Nominated for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score (Pride & Prejudice)  - Dario Marianelli

Listen to audio clips of each track here! 

"I first worked with Dario Marianelli on The Warrior and was very impressed by the scale and vision of Dario's music for that film. When Joe Wright asked me who I thought would be an interesting choice to compose the score of 'Pride & Prejudice', I had no hesitation in recommending Dario. His background in classical composition meant he had understanding of what this subtle story required.  Joe and Dario hit it off and came up with the notion of a piano based score that would support the picture but not overwhelm 'wallpaper' underscoring that plagues so many contemporary films. The early sonatas of Beethoven were a key creative influence echoed the period accuracy that underpinned everything in the film. We were blessed in that Dario gave an enormous amount of time. Every film would benefit hugely from having a composer working from the very beginning. Dario provided us music at such an early stage that from the very first cut of the film we knew how the music was going to work, it help set the picture from the outset." (Paul Webster, producer)

4. *Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet

*Oscar Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Pride & Prejudice) - Keira Knightley

“I must confess that I think her as delightful a character as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least, I do not know”.
(Jane Austen about Elizabeth Bennet)

“Apart from any physical attraction, Darcy is enchanted by the liveliness of Lizzie´s mind and her mercurial qualities. It´s that intellectual playfulness and wit which I think, as well as being physically attracted to her, Darcy finds so enticing and intoxicating”. (Matthew Macfadyen)

“It is terribly attractive when your pomposity is noticed and then punctured in public. It is infuriating and embarrassing and you hate that person. When Elizabeth humiliates Darcy at the Meryton Ball, he finds it incredibly funny. Darcy’s being thrown off balance and captivated against his will. By the end of that scene he should be on the verge of tears of frustration, because she wins the encounter. I mean, he is mortified and hates her but goes home and locks all the doors and laughs hysterically into the pillow. That is why she is so attractive.” (Matthew Macfadyen)

Joe Wright on casting Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet:

"I wouldn't say that I didn't want to cast her, I didn't go to anyone else before Keira but I felt perhaps that she was too beautiful to play Elizabeth Bennet. So I met her anyway, and she was the right age and I was very keen to cast people that were the right age. So I met Keira very late one night in a hotel bar in Montreal and discovered this scruffy little kid who's a tomboy really, sort of spiky knees and elbows, and suddenly it occurred to me that was perfect for Elizabeth. Elizabeth Bennet is a tomboy and she refuses to conform to the feminine ideals of the period. Then I started talking to Keira and discovered her to be incredibly bright, incredibly funny, independently spirited, very strong young woman who doesn't say what she thinks you want to hear, but says exactly what she thinks. All of those qualities made me think that Keira was perfect for Elizabeth Bennet."

"She was the most incredibly focused person of any age that I have ever met and I think that is part of her strength. She's extraordinary, she's almost Zen-like in that way, she's really extraordinarily focused. She conserves her energy; she puts it all into those moments when the camera is turning. She's incredible."

“She (keira Knightley) was a delight. She came straight on to the set from one film [P&P], and was going straight off to the next [Domino]. And she was fantastic. So self-possessed and connected”. (Matthew Macfadyen)

5. Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Darcy

“I had never seen the TV dramas or the film, so I was able to look for the Darcy I had in my head -- and Matthew Macfadyen was the only one for me. Darcy is 28, and Matthew was 29 when we were shooting. I had no interest in casting just a pretty boy; Darcy is more interesting and complicated than that. He’s a young man who has less than ideal social skills and a huge responsibility. His parents have died and left him with a massive estate and a younger sister to take care of, and my sense is that he has had to grow up too fast. Matthew has incarnated Darcy as that complicated layered person who isn’t easy in his skin and who isn’t easy to love, yet who is a good person with a sense of honor and integrity. Matthew, unlike many actors, is not vain, and so was not afraid to be disliked by an audience at the beginning of the story; we have to dislike him because we are seeing him through Lizzie’s eyes. And we grow to love him as Lizzie does.” (Joe Wright)

“I went in to read with him (the "rain" scene) and I virtually couldn´t get my lines out. I just kept staring at him thinking what the hell happened between you walking in as Matthew and you starting to read because he actually did turned into Darcy.” (Keira Knightley)

6. Brilliant Casting and Excellent Cast

The P&P 2005 Cast:
Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Talulah Riley, Rupert Friend, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Simon Woods, Kelly Reilly, and Claudie Blakley

The cast of Pride & Prejudice at the
P&P London Premiere, September 5, 2005.

"Got all the actors to improvise as much as possible to give it a kind of reality and a freshness." (Joe Wright)

"The next decision was to cast the actors according to their characters' ages in the book. A young cast for the story about first love. The hunt for Elizabeth became easy once Tim (Bevan) said "Go to Montreal and meet Keira. If you like her and she likes you, you have a movie." We went, we loved her, Keira said "yes," and we had a movie. The search for Darcy was a long one. We meet everyone, but there was never really any doubt that it would always be our first choice, Matthew Macfadyen. Three of our teenagers had never acted before: Carey Mulligan ("Kitty"), Talulah Riley ("Mary"), and Tamzin Merchant ("Georgiana"). Balance was required, so along with Keira, we cast Jena Malone, at nineteen a veteran of more than 20 films. Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Dench added weight and experience to our youthful cocktail." (Paul Webster, P&P producer)

7. The First skin-on-skin touch between Elizabeth and Darcy

“I did find myself clenching my hands quite often. I had this secret: I thought that in Darcy’s encounters with Lizzie, whenever she gets at him, really hits him with a sort of verbal body blow, he couldn’t react right then. He’d be totally infuriated. But it would tickle him so much”. (Matthew Macfadyen)

8. The First Proposal in the "Rain" scene

While preparing for the film, Wright and Knightley were blessed with serendipity. They discovered Austen’s one misgiving about Pride & Prejudice. In a letter to her sister, Austen “basically said that she was very happy with the book,” explains Knightley. “But that her one criticism was that she wished that she had put more shade in it”. I thought, “Oh! That’s great. That means we’ve got something to play with”.

“And here the story starts to change. And we got into a much darker phase. Jane Austen described Pride and Prejudice, the novel, as being too light and lacking in shade. So one of the things I did was try and bring in a little bit of that shade…When they almost kissed was something that we actually talked about in the screen test that we did with Matthew." (Joe Wright)

Watch Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth Bennet
in the First Proposal scene

 
(source: Gulapfull)

“It was the most difficult scene. Just because it was quite complex.You want to get that sexual tension between them. You want to get the fact that they really fucking fancy each other but that they hate each other at the same time. And sometimes you go too far and wonder and you have to pull it back. But that is what is great about the job: it’s when it is difficult it is fantastic”. (Keira Knightley)

9. The Netherfield Ball

“We shot this scene for probably five hours, with many different camera angles and frame sizes and following him and following her.” (Joe Wright)

"You can get quite self-conscious at times, there’s this business of your close up coming up, but in that big ball scene he put three cameras on it. And in lots of the dinner scenes too, so you wouldn’t actually know when your moment was coming. That’s why it’s got that lovely unaware quality to it, you really did feel it’s being observed. I think it’s because people didn’t know they were being watched really, that’s what you get, this window on life." (Rosamund Pike)

Watch Elizabeth & Darcy dance 

in the Netherfield Ball scene

(source: RocioPedraza) 

“They´re very difficult dances to learn, these, and so when you´re having to do big dialogue scenes at the same time it´s very difficult. Matthew and Keira did brilliantly.” (Joe Wright)

10. Chatsworth House as Pemberley

Jane Austen mentioned Chatsworth in the book, and the Duchess (Deborah of Devonshire) believes that the author was thinking of Chatsworth House (in Derbyshire) when describing Pemberley.
 

"...and the eye was instantly caught by Pemberley House, situated on the opposite side of a valley, into which the road with some abruptness wound. It was a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; - and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal, nor falsely adorned. Elizabeth was delighted. She had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste. They were all of them warm in their admiration; and that moment she felt, that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!" - Pride and Prejudice novel (Volume III, Chapter 1 - Chapter 43, Page 235)

11. The Second Proposal in the "Mist"

“This was a magical morning. We all got up at 3 am or something, and went out and we prepared in the dark. And then we had about 50 minutes to shoot this scene in. It felt really special doing it.

I battle with myself over this scene cos it’s probably a bit over the top and over-romantic and slushy, but if we haven’t earned it by now, then we never will have.

Again, this shot, I hold it for such a long time, I’ve probably gone too far, but if Matthew hasn’t  earnt  this moment, then…One of the make-up artists stood beside me while we were shooting this. And she whispered very quietly, ”I wish that was my life.” And I think wish fulfillment is…wish fulfillment serves a purpose. A lot of people consider it a cop out or a… or a cynical act, but I think wish fulfillment’s really important in drama. And it’s important for the people who watch it and the people who make it. We need to have something to reach for. To not settle for less. I think Matthew plays this beautifully. The three ”I loves”. I just asked him to do it really simply. You can’t  fake that. And then, just as we got to this part of the scene, the sun began to rise, and we realized that the sun was coming up just exactly between the two actors. And,  again, it was a fluke. Well, it was kind of prepared for, but we were very lucky.

So the film is completely circular. You start and end with the sunrise. This is basically the end of the film. What follows is a coda. And I like the fact that they never actually kissed”. (Joe Wright)

Watch the Second Proposal scene here!   

Matthew Macfadyen admits Austen’s deft satire and classic caricatures offered a little levity. So, too, did shooting the film. The reality of the sweeping, tear-inspiring climactic scene, when Darcy does his best Byronic stride across a misty field toward his true love Lizzie, was anything but romantic gravitas, he says. “I’m shortsighted, so I couldn’t see Keira and the director was waving his red jacket, screaming, `Left! Turn left´.

12. The U.S. "Mrs. Darcy" Ending scene

“Didn’t tell them to do this final kiss in a lingering way actually. They just kind of did it. I guess it felt right.” (Joe Wright)

   

(source: bergerke)

 

One of EW's "Fine Finales: 21 Movie Endings We Love" (photo #14)
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005)
It could have ended in a typical romance-movie fashion, with a beautiful wedding and our heroine Lizzie (Keira Knightley) rushing off into her future with her handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen). Instead, we get something much more adult: a glimpse into their life post-wedding, with the couple bathed in the firelight from torches outside their gorgeous estate. The moment is intimate and sincere, as Lizzie lays out what her husband should call her when she is blissfully, ''incandescently happy'': Mrs. Darcy. —Connie Yu (Entertainment Weekly Magazine)

13. The Bennet Sisters/The Bennet Family

The Bennet Sisters (from l-4): Jena Malone/Lydia, Carey Mulligan/Kitty,
Keira Knightley/Lizzie, Rosamund Pike/Jane, and Talulah Riley/Mary.

Did you bond with the other Bennet sisters?
"Oh, yeah. No, Totally. I mean, this is the first time for me that I've worked with girls with my own age. You know, there were three of us who were 19 (Keira, Carey, and Jena) when we did it, one was 18 (Talulah) and Ros (Rosamund), you know is a tiny bit older. But we're all pretty much the same age. And it was just lovely for me to to work with people of my own age who share the same interest 'cause I've never had that before. So, yeah, I'm still friendly with a lot of people who worked on Pride & Prejudice. I'd actually count a lot of them as among my closest friends and it was a really special, special experience. Definitely, 'cause that rarely happens on a film set where everybody just loved each other and you can really see that on the film as well. "  (Keira Knightley)

“This was the first film job for both, Carey and Talulah, and they were both huge Jane Austen fans. So they were so excited about the whole process that it created a heightened atmosphere for the family sequences.” (Joe Wright)

“The Bennets could certainly exist today and, I’m sure, do. It’s only the economics of the situation, the girls’ dependence on finding a good husband, which are germane to the period. All the emotions are equally relevant today. Take Lizzie, for example. She has a mother who is often embarrassing; a best friend who disappoints; unrequited love for someone [Wickham] who turns out to be a complete cad; sisterly loyalties, jealousies, and squabbles; and she falls madly in love with somebody [Darcy] she can’t admit she’s in love with.” (Deborah Moggach, P&P Screenwriter)

“I like the idea that behind closed doors they are a real family. But then anyone else comes to the door, immediately they close ranks.” (Joe Wright)

“In the novel, Austen’s characters are all very polite, waiting until the other person has finished speaking, before speaking themselves. But I know that, particularly in big families of girls, everyone tends to speak over each other, finishing each other’s sentences, etc. So I felt that the Bennet family’s conversations would be overlapping like that.” (Joe Wright)

14. Beautiful Costumes by Costume Designer *Jacqueline Durran

*Oscar Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design (Pride & Prejudice) - Jacqueline Durran 

“If you see closely Darcy costumes in the course of the film change quite radically. In the early scenes he´s wearing a very buttoned up, very rigid, very stiff style of costume. In the middle stage, he´s wearing the same style but in a softer fabric and a softer cut and, by the end of the film, he´s wearing a much looser cut, an open jacket, a more country style, less uptight, less rigid. His costumes reflect the other changes in his character”. (Jacqueline Durran, Costume designer)

 

“Lizzie Bennet was the tomboy, and wore earth colours because she loved the countryside. Jane was the most refined, and yet it’s still all a bit slapdash and homemade, because the Bennets have no money.
One of the main things Joe wanted was for the whole thing to have a provincial feel. Mary is the bluestocking: serious and practical. And then Lydia and Kitty are a bit Tweedledum and Tweedledee in a kind of teenage way. I tried to make it so that they’d be sort of mirror images. If one’s wearing a green dress, the other will wear a green jacket; so you always have a visual asymmetry between the two”. (Jacqueline Durann)

15. Fantastic P&P Script by Deborah Moggach and superb direction by 

Deborah Moggach
at P&P's NYC Premiere

Deborah Moggach - adapts Pride & Prejudice screenplay (from Novel to Screen)

“I tried to be truthful to the book, which has a perfect three-act structure, so I haven’t changed a lot. It is so beautifully shaped as a story: the ultimate romance about two people who think they hate each other but who are really passionately in love. I felt, `If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.’ (Deborah Moggach, Screenwriter and novelist)

In her adaptation, Moggach paid extra attention to Jane Austen’s dialogue. She explains, “I’ve sort of pulled a comb through the dialogue; of course, you can’t reproduce Austen’s fiercely wonderful dialogue in its entirety. But we’ve kept quite a lot of it, because it’s like cooking with the very, very best ingredients. People love the book so much that they know it word for word. It was tempting sometimes to veer scenes towards a line that is so loved, one which you know that if people miss it they will be very upset.”

Memorable lines from the film (not in the novel, but written by Deborah Moggach)...
"A Mrs. Bennet, A Miss Bennet, A Miss Bennet, and a Miss Bennet, Sir." - Netherfield Butler
"Oh, for heaven's sake, are we to receive every Bennet in the county?" - Caroline Bingley
"Only to be obtained through intercourse...[pause. thunder.] Sorry, through the intercourse of friendship and civility." - Mr. Collins
"The glories of nature. What are men compared to rocks and mountains?" - Mary Bennet
"Oh, my goodness. Everybody behave naturally." - Mrs. Bennet
"What a superbly featured room and what excellent boiled potatoes." - Mr. Collins
"We are all fools in love." - Charlotte Lucas
"I love you. Most ardently." - Mr. Darcy
"You have bewitched me body and soul and I love, I love, I love you. And never wish to be parted from you from this day on." - Mr. Darcy
"Yes. A thousand times Yes." - Jane Bennet
"And those are the words of a gentleman. From the first moment I met you, you arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others, made me realized you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry." Elizabeth Bennet

FYI: Deborah Moggach also wrote the screenplay to "Love in a Cold Climate" starring P&P's Rosamund Pike/Jane Bennet (one of my favorite miniseries starring our favorite P&P actors, which I recommended here, in my two parts of Movie Recommendations) directed by recent Oscar winner Tom Hooper of the Oscar winning film, The King's Speech.
 
Acclaimed director Joe Wright (director of the new film, Hanna. Also, The Soloist, and Atonement)

“I put my heart into this film and I thought about nothing else for two years, from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to sleep”. (Joe Wright)

“I got excited about new ways to film the story which I don’t believe have been done before. I wanted to treat it as a piece of British realism rather than going with the picturesque tradition, which tends to depict an idealized version of English heritage as some kind of Heaven on Earth.

I wanted to make Pride & Prejudice real and gritty and be as honest as possible. Austen’s characters are young people, Lizzie is 20, Darcy 28, Lydia 15. The emotions they experience are those of young people falling in love for the first time. I was moved by that”. (Joe Wright)

Q. Did it seem like Joe’s first feature to the cast?
Macfadyen: Not at all.

Macfadyen: Joe is an actor’s director. There are plenty of directors who aren’t that interested, but Joe likes actors I think, he’s interested in the process of it. So it was a treat, it really was.

“It was great being directed by Joe because he’s got a very clear vision of what he wants the entire piece to be like. So he can also say, ‘You can stray a tiny bit, that’s all right.’ And I think you have to do that to really own a character, to possess the role. It’s a different process to do a film based on a book, because the inner dialogue of your character is all written down. So if there was ever a scene where I was having problems, we would go back to the book and in some way or another it was right there. But, equally, you have to take a stand and say ‘OK, I know it says this in the book, but you know what? I can’t do it like that because it doesn’t make sense as far as this goes, so I’m going to have to change that slightly.’ And then you have to be brave and just do it.” (Keira Knightley)

16. The two-hours length of time of this P&P film version

Quality over quantity...
I would've love this film to be longer and epic, but what is Pride & Prejudice film with a 4-6 hours (miniseries) length of time if it doesn't accomplished (as well as captured the story beautifully and visually) what this film successfully accomplished in a lil' over two hours time? So, yeah, I'd go for quality over quantity!

Besides, after watching this 2-hour P&P movie...

• It left me wanting to see more!
• It made me love watching it multiple times...
• I never get tired of watching it!
• It never gets old and ages elegantly like a fine wine
• I've discover new things in every viewing...
• It made me love and care about the P&P characters Austen created more than 200+ years ago
• It made me go back and re-read the novel as I never did prior to seeing this film...
• It made me love Austen's P&P novel and a big fan of all things P&P in general
• It made me start the P&P fan forum, this blog, twitter, myspace, and facebook and the rest...well, you know...I love talking about this film, keeping it alive and fresh for my fellow P&P fans, those of you who loved and enjoyed watching this film as much as I did...this post is for all of us, dedicated and devoted fans of this film version of P&P.
  
  Hope you all enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing/typing, compiling all the images, videos, quotes from the cast and crew, etc., and posting this here. Thanks for taking the time to read. :-)

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