#Rupert Wickham

[didanagy]

Pride and prejudice (2005)

dir. joe wright

[ardentlyinlovedarcy]

[odinspattern]

So is the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice better than the 1995 one?

No.

But Mr. Bennet is a better father in it than he is either in canon or in the 1995 one. Which is a surprise, because Donald Sutherland plays so many bastard characters.

[spaceofunknown]

Ah yes the Austen villain to Star Wars villain pipeline.

[arsonyte]

okay, i just realized that

this guy

is also this guy

well...

[lands-of-fantasy]

Pride and Prejudice

Classic and loose adaptions from 1940, 1967, 1980, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019

The second of Jane Austen’s novels, first published in 1813, is the most often adapted, inspiring various different takes on it. The ones pictures above are detailed below:

Pride and Prejudice (1940 Film)

This black and white film departs from the original novel in some (or should I say many?) points

Written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, adapted from the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome; directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Starring Greer Garson as Elizabeth Bennet, Laurence Olivier as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Edward Ashley Cooper as George Wickham, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Bennet, Bruce Lester as Mr. Charles Bingley, Ann Rutherford as Lydia Bennet, Melville Cooper as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (1967 Miniseries)

6 episodes x 24min. Black and White footage Written by Nemone Lethbridge, directed by Joan Craft

Starring Celia Bannerman as Elizabeth Bennet, Lewis Fiander as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Richard Hampton as George Wickham, Polly Adams as Jane Bennet, David Savile as Mr. Charles Bingley, Lucy Fleming as Lydia Bennet, Julian Curry as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (1980 Miniseries)

5 episodes x 54 min Written by Fay Weldon, directed by Cyril Coke

Starring Elizabeth Garvie as Elizabeth Bennet, David Rintoul as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Peter Settelen as George Wickham, Sabina Franklyn as Jane Bennet, Osmund Bullock as Mr. Charles Bingley, Natalie Ogle as Lydia Bennet, Malcolm Rennie as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (1995 Miniseries)

6 episodes x 54 min Written by Andrew Davies, directed by Simon Langton

Starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet, Colin Firth as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Adrian Lukis as George Wickham, Susannah Harker as Jane Bennet, Crispin Bonham-Carter as Mr. Charles Bingley, Julia Sawalha as Lydia Bennet, David Bamber as Mr. William Collins, among others.

Pride and Prejudice (2003 Indie Film)

Loose adaption set in modern Utah, USA Written by Anne Black, Jason Faller, Katherine Swigert; directed by Andrew Black

Starring Kam Heskin as Elizabeth Bennet, Orlando Seale as Will Darcy, Henry Maguire as Jack Wickham, Lucila Sola as Jane Vasquez, Ben Gourley as Charles Bingley, Kelly Stables as Lydia Meryton, Hubbel Palmer as William Collins, among others.

Bride and Prejudice (2004 Film)

Bollywood-style Musical. Loose adaption set in modern India and England. Written by Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha; directed by Gurinder Chadha

Starring Aishwarya Rai as Lalita Bakshi (Elizabeth), Martin Henderson as William "Will" Darcy,  Daniel Gillies as Johnny Wickham, Namrata Shirodkar as Jaya Bakshi (Jane), Naveen Andrews as Mr Balraj Uppal (Bingley), Peeya Rai Chowdhary as Lakhi Bakshi (Lydia), Nitin Ganatra as Kohli Saab (Collins), among others.

Pride and Prejudice (2005 Film)

Written by Deborah Moggach, directed by Joe Wright

Starring Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet, Matthew Macfadyen as Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rupert Friend as George Wickham, Rosamund Pike as Jane Bennet, Simon Woods as Mr. Charles Bingley, Jena Malone as Lydia Bennet, Claudie Blakley as Charlotte Lucas, Tom Hollander as Mr. Collins, Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet, Judi Dench as Lady Catherine de Bourgh, among others.

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012–13 Webseries)

160 episodes x 2-8 min, available on Youtube Loose adaption set in modern US, told in a vlog format

Created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, from Pemberley Digital

Starring Ashley Clements as Elizabeth Bennet, Daniel Vincent Gordh as William Darcy, Wes Aderhold as George Wickham, Laura Spencer as Jane Bennet, Christopher Sean as Bing Lee, Mary Kate Wiles as Lydia Bennet, Julia Cho as Charlotte Lu, Maxwell Glick as Ricky Collins, among others.

Lizzie’s videos amount to 100 episodes + 10 Q&A, but shorter series enrich the story by offering other characters’ perspectives, most notably Lydia’s (and also Georgiana’s). A playlist at Pemberley Digital’s Youtube channel features them all in order.

The series has also been adapted into a book, The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet (2014), and spawned a sequel novel, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet (2015).

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016 Film)

Loose adaption inspired by the 2009 novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith, which adds zombies to Austen’s original story. The movie makes alterations from the zombie book as well.

Written and directed by Burr Steers

Starring Lily James as Elizabeth Bennet, Sam Riley as Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jack Huston as George Wickham, Bella Heathcote as Jane Bennet, Douglas Booth as Mr. Charles Bingley, Ellie Bamber as Lydia Bennet, Matt Smith as Parson William Collins, among others.

Orgulho e Paixão (Pride and Passion) (2018 Telenovela)

Brazilian telenovela in Brazilian-Portuguese

162 episodes x 30-40min (original version) Loose adaption set in 1910s São Paulo state, Brazil

Created by Marcos Bernstein, directed by Fred Mayrink

Starring Nathalia Dill as Elisabeta Benetido, Thiago Lacerda as Sr. Darcy Williamson, Pâmela Tomé as Jane Benedito, Maurício Destri as Camilo Bittencourt (Bingley), Bruna Giphao as Lídia Benedito, Bruno Gissoni as Diogo Uirapuru (Wickham/Willoughby), among others.

The story takes inspiration from all 6 of Austen’s major novels (plus Lady Susan), but mostly from Pride and Prejudice. Others stars include Chandelly Braz as Mariana Benedito (Marianne Dashwood) and Anajú Dorigon as Cecília Benedito (Catherine Morland).

Features 100 episodes in the International cut. The telenovela has been broadcast in other countries and languages (such as Spanish) but as far as I know, not in English.

Pride and Prejudice: Atlanta (2019 TV Film)

Loose adaption set in modern Atlanta, USA. All-black cast. Written by Tracy McMillan, directed by Rhonda Baraka

Starring Tiffany Hines as Elizabeth Bennet, Juan Antonio as Will Darcy, Raney Branch as Jane Bennet, Brad James as Charles Bingley, Reginae Carter as Lydia Bennet, Carl Anthony Payne as Rev. Collins, among others.

*****

Personal favorites: 2005, then 1995. But also: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Orgulho e Paixão

I also enjoyed Atlanta and, while it’s been a while since I’ve seen Bride and Prejudice, it’s got Indian musical numbers so c’mon, one gotta watch it.

Back to the closer adaptions, despite its age, 1980 is also good! 1940 is...very different, but fun in its own way.

In fact, while I find some of these versions weaker, I could find enjoyment in all of them - but maybe that’s cause I’m a sucker for P&P.

[thekatebridgerton]

Dream cast for a new P&P movie or limited series?

Like for reals? If I had unlimited budget

Nicholas Hoult as Fitzwilliam Darcy

Olivia Cooke as Elizabeth Bennett

Millie Bobby Brown as Georgiana Darcy

John Boyega as Charles Bingley

Tessa Thompson as Caroline Bingley

Sarah Bolger as Jane Bennet

Maisie Williams As Lydia Bennet

Colin O'Donoghue as George Wickham

Savannah Steyn as Charlotte Lucas

Rupert Grint as Mr Colins

Lewis Tan as Darcy's hotter cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam

Anthony Hopkins as Mr Bennett Fiona Shaw as Mrs Bennet

Also I know that nothing tops Dame Judy dench. But I'd love to see Tilda Swinton pay Lady Catherine in all her scary beautiful glory.

Can't think of who would be good to play Mary and Kitty but so far. Yeah this is my Dreamcast if a big budget studio decided to take on the project.

[byneddiedingo]

Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005). Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Pike, Simon Woods, Jena Malone, Rupert Friend, Tom Hollander, Carey Mulligan, Judi Dench, Kelly Reilly, Talulah Riley, Claudie Blakley, Tamzin Merchant, Peter Wight, Penelope Wilton. Screenplay: Deborah Moggach, based on a novel by Jane Austen. Cinematography: Roman Osin. Production design: Sarah Greenwood. Film editing: Paul Tothill. Costume design: Jacqueline Durran. Music: Dario Marianelli Joe Wright's lush, romantic adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (the ampersand belongs to the film) irked many Janeites. But people who love Austen's books are fated to be irked: There is no easy way to translate to film the narrative ironies that readers seize on with delight. Wright and screenwriter Deborah Moggach (with uncredited help from Emma Thompson) have crafted a Pride & Prejudice that takes place in a universe parallel to Austen's. They push back the time of the novel from the early 19th century to the late 18th. Tinkering with time is not unique to films of the novel: The 1940 version starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier and directed by Robert Z. Leonard moved the action up to the Victorian period, maybe to take advantage of MGM's wardrobe full of crinolines and hoop skirts. Wright's earlier time period allows for a looser, more earthy setting, more Henry Fielding than Jane Austen. There are clotheslines and farm animals to be seen, and the first of the two balls that take place in the film is rougher, sweatier, more countrified than the elegant formal dances usually seen in period films. Elizabeth Bennet arrives at Netherfield with her hair about her ears, not neatly pinned under her bonnet. Later, she spins barefoot on a rope swing hung at the entrance to the barnyard, and at one point an enormously ungelded hog walks through the action. Even the formal dress is different: With her upswept hairdo, Judi Dench's Lady Catherine looks like she has just stepped out of a Joshua Reynolds portrait. The real strength of Wright's version is not in its fidelity to the novel, but in its creation of a satisfyingly consistent world in which it might have taken place, mutatis mutandis. There is some elegant staging: Visiting Pemberley, Elizabeth finds herself in a sculpture hall, where the nude statuary adds a frisson to her awakening attraction to Darcy. The ballroom scenes are beautifully filmed with long traveling takes among the various characters. And Dario Marianelli's score, with its suggestions of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, isn't overstated. Keira Knightley's fetching underbite suggests Elizabeth's stubbornness and pride, and she's well-matched with Matthew Macfadyen, who has the thankless task of following in the footsteps of Olivier and Colin Firth, who became a sex symbol with his Darcy in the 1995 television series. Macfadyen is not conventionally handsome -- he's a little potato-nosed -- but that serves the character well: Darcy should not be an instant heartthrob like, for example, Mr. Wickham. There will never be a perfect film version of the novel -- for that matter, of any novel -- but Wright's Pride & Prejudice satisfies for what it is, a lesser work derived from a great source.   

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[willowcrowned]

top 3 p&p/sw crossovers ranked (1) rumor and repute (2) Keira Knightley (3) Rupert Friend

SKDBDKEKFN WHO WAS GOING TO TELL ME THAT THE LIVE ACTION GRAND INQUISITOR IS 2005 WICKHAM

[ravenkings]

do i continue on my trashy ancient roman period drama kick and watch spartacus: blood and sand next or do i watch strange angel which is about noted early/midcentury rocket scientist and occultist jack parsons which i believe features actor rupert friend (a.k.a. mr. wickham from the 2005 pride and prejudice) engaging in sex magick rituals........

[didanagy]

Pride and prejudice (2005)

dir. joe wright

[netherfeildren]

Oh you just reminded me of Young Victoria! I should rewatch it. That movie also makes me think of Marie Antoinette with Kristen Dunst when it comes to period pieces. Anyways, I watched Rye Lane, it’s such a cute rom-com, it had me giggling and kicking my feet plus the color palette of the movie is so pretty!

Don’t even make me start about dreaming wild /deranged things, sometimes i’ll have the most cinematic dreams and then i wake up and write them down thinking they’ll make a good story prompt.

And of course i loved the chapter, i had no doubts that i would 🩵 i’m definitely gonna re-read it a million times because i’ve been thinking about it the whole day, you have a way of writing that makes me so emotionally invested in the plot, it’s very special. Kay i’ll stop rambling, byeee 🤍

young victoria was soooo spectacular! albert is played by rupert friend who also plays mr. wickham in p&p 2005 and him and emily blunt have the sweetest chemistry — we should start a period drama film club :] marie antoinette is one of mh favorite movies of all time !!!! i haven’t seen rye lane, i’ll have to add it to my watch list!

next chapter is so sweeet and i find is personally to funny teehee i really went wild with the domesticity tbh i can’t wait to share w u guys 🤗🤗🤗🤗

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[thegirlwholied]

Rupert Friend's casting in the Obi-Wan show just shouts at me "this man is an Imperial officer"

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[booksareamagicalportal]

My youngest brother and I were watching the Pride And Prejudice 2005 movie and when we saw Mr Wickham , he and I both laughed because he looked a lot like Legolas. Then , throughout the movie ,we both grinned everytime Wickham came onscreen 😂😂.Now I cannot not see Mr Wickham as Legolas. Are we the only ones or do you think the same ? Just look at their resemblance 😁.