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Tumblr crosspost (13 September 2020)
A Tumblr anon asked:
do you think keira knightley is the right level of attractiveness for elizabeth?
I replied:
Mmm, I’m kind of on the fence.
On the one hand, she seemed like a really odd casting at the time—it was clear that she was considered a beautiful woman in general, where Elizabeth is mildly and unfashionably pretty. OTOH, Keira Knightley is set against an absolutely stunning Jane in Rosamund Pike, which I think diminishes the effect, and her looks would be quite unfashionable in 1795.
So I think it’s really a question of adaptational aesthetics—are we talking about period conventions or how appearances register to audiences in the twenty-first century? I lean towards a mixture but more the latter than not, so I’m inclined to consider her a bit much for Elizabeth, though not to the point that it’s really a big deal for me.
Tagged: #she's not how i imagine elizabeth but it is kind of funny to me that the people wringing their hands about how she was too attractive #were often the same people going on about how people didn't look like her back then
do you think keira knightley is the right level of attractiveness for elizabeth?
I replied:
Mmm, I’m kind of on the fence.
On the one hand, she seemed like a really odd casting at the time—it was clear that she was considered a beautiful woman in general, where Elizabeth is mildly and unfashionably pretty. OTOH, Keira Knightley is set against an absolutely stunning Jane in Rosamund Pike, which I think diminishes the effect, and her looks would be quite unfashionable in 1795.
So I think it’s really a question of adaptational aesthetics—are we talking about period conventions or how appearances register to audiences in the twenty-first century? I lean towards a mixture but more the latter than not, so I’m inclined to consider her a bit much for Elizabeth, though not to the point that it’s really a big deal for me.
Tagged: #she's not how i imagine elizabeth but it is kind of funny to me that the people wringing their hands about how she was too attractive #were often the same people going on about how people didn't look like her back then