Allen Leech initially wore the cable knit sweater as Tom Branson in the eighth episode of the third season of Downton Abbey. It was worn again by Samuel West as Siegfried Farnon in the episode of All Creatures Great and Small entitled The Last Man In.
Costume Credit: heidicore
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Do behind-the-scenes anecdotes count as propaganda?
Samuel West (Mr Elliot, Persuasion 1995) is an ambassador for Jane Austen’s House, and recently led a discussion there of “What makes a good Jane Austen adaptation”?
(His introduction includes the question, “Who’s your Darcy - Laurence Olivier? Colin Firth? Matthew Macfadyen?” so he would totally get the vibe of this tournament.)
It's a great discussion - it focuses not only on Persuasion 1995 (starting at about 45 minutes in) but also on Sense and Sensibility 1995, Mansfield Park 1999, and even a bit on Pride and Prejudice 1995 (namely, why it was so important to have Darcy jump in the lake).
A few highlights:
Samuel West was rather cross at being asked to read for Mr Elliot - until he learned that Captain Wentworth was being played by Ciarán Hinds.
Because the costume designer for Persuasion 1995 didn’t have a big budget but did have time to be creative, she was able to make a great-looking, visually distinctive costume for Mr Elliot out of incredibly cheap materials - billiard-table cloth and mattress ticking.
Filming in candlelight, with triple-wicked candles, leaves actors’ nostrils completely black.
You can spot the cads in 1990s Jane Austen adaptations by their very pointy sideburns.
Samuel West saying Ciaran Hinds is so hot I'm not even offended you don't consider me competition is propaganda. This has also just sent me down a rabbit hole of examining all the 1990s actors sideburns and they really are all very pointy
Captain Wentworth (1995) Vs Captain Benwick (2007)
Cad with Pointy Sideburns (1) Vs Cad with Pointy Side Burns (2)
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Samuel West (Leonard) in Howards End Directed by James Ivory, 1992
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