Rufus Sewell, Louis Partridge, Fiona Shaw, and Daryl McCormack are among the many large U.Okay. names to have joined the solid of Netflix‘s Delight and Prejudice sequence.
Manufacturing is now underway within the U.Okay., the streamer mentioned, with Every thing I Know About Love producer-writer Dolly Alderton connected. Directed by Heartstopper‘s Euros Lyn, the sequence might be a “trustworthy, traditional adaptation” of the novel, Netflix added.
The platform additionally supplied up a primary look of the Bennet sisters on Tuesday.
Sewell (The Diplomat, Scoop) will star because the beloved Mr Bennet with Partridge (Disclaimer, Enola Holmes) enjoying Mr Darcy’s nemesis, Mr Wickham. Harry Potter star Shaw will play Girl Catherine de Bourg and McCormack (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) has been solid as Mr Bingley.
Olivia Colman and the solid of ‘Delight and Prejudice’ for Netflix in a primary look picture.
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Elsewhere, Barbie‘s Jamie Demetriou is Mr Collins, Freya Mavor (Trade) is Jane Bennet, Rhea Norwood (Heartstopper) is Lydia Bennet and Black Mirror‘s Siena Killy is enjoying Caroline Bingley. Hopey Parish and Hollie Avery make their display debuts as Mary and Kitty Bennet, respectively.
Rufus Sewell will star because the beloved Mr Bennet. The Bennet sisterhood will function Freya Mavor as Jane Bennet alongside Heartstopper alumnus Rhea Norwood, as Lydia and newcomers Hollie Avery and Hopey Parish of their debut roles of Kitty and Mary. Louis Partridge will tackle Mr Darcy’s nemesis, Mr Wickham with Jamie Demetriou turning his hand to the pompous Mr Collins and Fiona Shaw because the fearsome Girl Catherine de Bourg.
They star alongside the beforehand introduced Olivia Colman, Jack Lowden and Emma Corrin.
Additionally becoming a member of the solid is Anjana Vasan as Mrs Gardiner, Sebastian Armesto as Mr Gardiner, Rosie Cavaliero as Girl Lucas, Saffron Coomber as Mrs Hurst, James Dryden as Mr Hurst, Justin Edwards as Sir William Lucas, James Northcote as Colonel Forster, Eloise Webb as Harriet Forster and Isabella Sermon as Georgiana Darcy.
Alderton mentioned: “As soon as in a technology, a bunch of individuals get to retell this excellent story and I really feel very fortunate that I get to be part of it. Jane Austen’s Delight and Prejudice is the blueprint for romantic comedy — it has been a pleasure to delve again into its pages to seek out each acquainted and recent methods of bringing this beloved e-book to life.”
“With Euros Lyn directing our stellar solid, I’m so excited to reintroduce these hilarious and sophisticated characters to those that depend Delight and Prejudice as their favorite e-book, and those that are but to fulfill their Lizzie and Mr Darcy,” she added.
Delight and Prejudice is coming to Netflix as an all-new six-part restricted sequence. Lookout Level, a BBC Studios firm, is a number one tv drama producer for British and world audiences. Lookout Level is wholly owned by BBC Studios, the primary industrial arm of BBC Industrial Ltd.