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Pride and Prejudice, 1995: Some Fun Facts & Information

February 8, 2008 by Vic

Oh what a fun site this is! Its creator has assembled a host of interesting facts about P&P ’95, some of which are highlighted below:

        • Jane Austen figured largely in the BAFTA television award ceremony 1996. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth’s perfomances as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, and Benjamin Whitrow’s portrayal of long-suffering Mr Bennet, earned them Best Actress and Best Actor nominations. In the end, Jennifer Ehle was the only one to receive an award for best actress.
        • Colin Firth: “When Pride and Prejudice was offered I just thought, without even having read it ‘Oh, that old warhorse’ and I unwrapped the huge envelope with great trepidation. I think I was only about five pages in when I was hooked. It was remarkable. I don’t think any script has fired me up quite as much, just in the most basic, romantic-story terms”
        • Colin Firth in The Times while still filming P&P: “There’ll be people who will object strongly simply because it’s my face instead of the one they have in their mind. Everyone believes he is dark, though I don’t believe Jane Austen ever described him as such. So they’ve dyed me dark. You have to be very careful not to make him either too idiosyncratic or too bland, and the danger is that you don’t dare to do anything at all. So you have to take over and say, ‘To hell with it, he’s mine now. I own this character and he has to be me’.”
        • In a Blog Critics interview, Jennifer Ehle says: “The relationship between Mr. Bennet and Lizzie was always my favorite part of the book. It was, for me growing up, the love story in the book; and I would weep whenever I reread it and would get to the bit where Lizzie tells Mr. Bennet that Darcy is the best man she has ever known. It is such an important part of the whole female fantasy of the story — the favorite daughter who idolizes her father above all men and then, when he fails to protect Lydia from herself, is exposed as a mere human being.” Update: Find her answers to a hundred questions in a PDF document at Jennifer Ehle Fan Blog.

        • Although she often believed to be British, [Jennifer] actually was born and raised in North Carolina. Both her parents are well-known. Her father, John Ehle, is a novelist while her mother, Rosemary Harris (above with Jennifer in a recent photo) is an acclaimed actress.
        • Jennifer Ehle played George Clooney’s girlfriend in Michael Clayton, although no one will see her performance. In Entertainment Weekly, George weakly explains the reason why her role was cut: “We shot it with Jennifer Ehle — she gave a wonderful performance,” George Clooney told Entertainment Weekly. “And the more we did it, we realized you have to isolate this character more. And having a girlfriend, he’s not in as much trouble.” George then wrote Jennifer a note to apologise for being cut. “I didn’t cut it, but I still felt bad about it.”
        • Click here to view a Colin Firth Career Time Line
        • BBC Site of Pride and Prejudice
        • Jennifer Ehle Fan Blog

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        1. on February 9, 2008 at 00:20 Chance

          Lovely Collection of rare-bits. Didn’t know Ehle won a Bafta for it! Note that the ‘blogcritic’ interview was actually an excerpt of a few questions that were submitted to a fansite that collected questions for Ms. Ehle. They got the queries (100+) to her somehow and, though notoriously press-shy, she answered them (!) in a pdf file that is available for download: jenniferehle.blogspot.com


        2. on February 9, 2008 at 02:38 Ms. Place

          Thank you for your information! I’ve made the change in my post!


        3. on February 11, 2008 at 13:20 bibliophylia

          I was surprised to find out that Jennifer Ehle was born and raised about 30 minutes from where I grew up. Never expected that!


        4. on February 12, 2008 at 00:55 eric3000

          The last time I watched this was on a crappy television so I was looking forward to seeing it again. (I ended up taping it last night so we could watch the Grammys). But I was a little disappointed to see that it isn’t is widescreen. I thought A&E used to show things in widescreen but maybe not. Oh, well, it should still be good!


        5. on February 24, 2008 at 20:17 mumblesalot Laura A

          Colin Firth is my favorite and will always be my Mr. Darcy. This PBS series has gotten me through a few rough weeks. We get repeats etc on three PBS channels here. I am glad Eric twisted my arm to donate…. much better without the guilt dessert.


        6. on October 16, 2008 at 14:04 Shannana

          i love u! :).


        7. on October 16, 2008 at 14:08 Shannana

          potatoe & cheese.. r my fav. they make u fat, but i love being fat. it makes me feel good inside; it makes me confident. i want to look in the mirror & see the layers of fat rubbing all over my body; i love this to kiss them. all the men r after me; it seems over my fat.
          thanks; visit me soon, ill be with a story about my fatness.

          shannana boqushia!


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