Tumblr crosspost (30 June 2019)
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anghraineAn anon asked, in response to some collective wishful thinking:
Who would you cast in the new pride and prejudice adaptation???
I replied:
Who would you cast in the new pride and prejudice adaptation???
I replied:
Oh, I’m terrible with fancasting, sorry! It makes me feel old, lol, but I don’t really know most actors except the really big names (who I wouldn’t want for P&P).
I do think it’s important that, apart from parental figures, the cast basically runs from 15 to 30. P&P is fundamentally about young people, and I think that should be reflected in the casting. Elizabeth, Bingley, and Jane are in their early twenties. Mr Collins, Charlotte, Darcy, and Wickham are closer to 25 than 35. The teenage girls should be teenage girls.
I would really prefer casting where Jane, Darcy, and Wickham are very conventionally attractive while Elizabeth is more ordinary-looking. I’d also like to escape the tendency to use blondness/thinness as coding for personality.
Otherwise … I imagine there are a lot of options, really.
I do think it’s important that, apart from parental figures, the cast basically runs from 15 to 30. P&P is fundamentally about young people, and I think that should be reflected in the casting. Elizabeth, Bingley, and Jane are in their early twenties. Mr Collins, Charlotte, Darcy, and Wickham are closer to 25 than 35. The teenage girls should be teenage girls.
I would really prefer casting where Jane, Darcy, and Wickham are very conventionally attractive while Elizabeth is more ordinary-looking. I’d also like to escape the tendency to use blondness/thinness as coding for personality.
Otherwise … I imagine there are a lot of options, really.
