Death Comes to Pemberley

[kitmerlot_1213]

Has anyone else seen this?  Holy crap but I can not get past just how horribly unattractive the actors are who are playing Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy amd I know that's shallow but it's disconcerting to see the pretty and sparkingly Elizabeth played by such an older and drab woman.  And the characaterization seems wrong--since when does Elizabeth call her husband "Darcy?"

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[apeygirl.livejournal.com]

I think I've seen that actress in some other BBC adaptation, maybe a Dickens. I think she was good in it, but not especially pretty, no. I could see her as Anne Elliot as a stretch, maybe, but not Lizzie. I might end up watching out of curiosity as I am a Regency slut and will often take anything.

Incidentally, did you ever see the Persuasion from 1995 with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds? They both seemed unattractive at the start to me, but grew on me by the end to where I thought they were just perfect. They gave her a very subtle makeover (just some blush and bangs by the end) and he just opened up a little. That one's still in my top 3 Austens ever!

[kitmerlot1213.livejournal.com]

I watched the actress in The Bletchley Circle and her clenched jaw, stiff upper lip and generally unsmiling acting matched with the character perfectly but as Elizabeth Bennett? No freakin' way!

Not even Anne Elliott who we know was secretly pretty and just needed her Captain Wentworth to bring it out :):)

And 1995's Persuasion is one of my all time favorite interpretations of Jane Austen's novels--second only to Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth's Pride and Prejudice :)