Keira Knightley remembers Pride & Prejudice co-star Donald Sutherland
Keira Knightley remembers her Pride & Prejudice (2005) movie co-star Donald Sutherland via UK’s The Guardian article .
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Keira Knightley at Chatsworth House for a new exhibition "Imaginary Conversations: An ERDEM Collection Inspired by Duchess Deborah"
Keira Knightley (with husband James Righton , who played drums at the event) attended a special event celebrating the opening of the new exhibition "Imaginary Conversations: An ERDEM Collection Inspired by Duchess Deborah", sponsored by FARFETCH, at Chatsworth House on June 19, 2024 in Chatsworth, England. (Photos by Dave Benett/Getty Images for ERDEM and FARFETCH) “Imaginary Conversations” opens at Chatsworth House on 22 June and will run until 20 October. It is sponsored by Farfetch.
In Memoriam: Donald Sutherland (July 17, 1935 - June 20, 2024)
RIP Dear Donald Sutherland . We love you. We appreciated you. We will miss you. THANK YOU for portraying our forever favorite and dearest PAPA, MR. BENNET. Sending love and deepest sympathy to his family.
Legendary actor Donald Sutherland passed away at 88
Very sad to hear (through his son and fellow actor Kiefer Sutherland) today, the passing of legendary and Pride & Prejudice actor Donald Sutherland at age 88 in Miami, Florida (USA). :-( May our dearest Mr. Bennet , rest in peace. RIP Donald Sutherland (1935-2024) . The prolific Canadian actor was a recipient of an Honorary Oscar (interesting that he has never been nominated) in 2017. His illustrious career spanned nearly 7 decades! He made over 200 TV & Films including Pride & Prejudice , The Hunger Games Movies, MASH, Ordinary People, The Italian Job, and Cold Mountain to name some. My deepest sympathy to the entire Sutherland family, colleagues, friends, and fans. See tributes from his son Kiefer Sutherland , P&P co-star Brenda Blethyn , and Focus Features (distributor of P&P 2005 film)…
In Retrospect: Matthew Macfadyen cast as Mr. Darcy on this day 2 decades ago!
On this day, 20 years ago ( June 11th, 2004 ), Matthew Macfadyen was announced and cast in the iconic role of Mr. Darcy , opposite Keira Knightley 's protagonist Elizabeth Bennet (Darcy's love interest. See Keira's retrospect casting announcement here ) in Joe Wright 's first feature film, Pride & Prejudice (2005) . I've previously compiled here a few of Joe Wright 's P&P-era interviews as well as a few old articles (I could find) of his casting announcement including Rosamund Pike and Jena Malone , who were also announced (on the same day as Matthew ) as joining the cast to play Keira 's older sister Jane ( Pike ) and youngest sister Lydia Bennet ( Malone ). Read Rosamund and Jena 's casting here: Joe Wright On Casting P&P '05 Actors More on Matthew's Darcy casting info. below...
In Retrospect: Keira Knightley confirmed to star as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005) film on this day 2 decades ago!
On this day, 20 years ago ( June 8, 2004 ), Keira Knightley was confirmed to star in the lead as Elizabeth Bennet (in which she received both a Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for Best Actress in the role) in Joe Wright 's first feature film, Pride & Prejudice (2005) . Also, the first of many Joe Wright and Keira Knightley films ( Atonement and Anna Karenina ) and Chanel TV commercials collaborations together. As I've previously compiled here a few Joe Wright past P&P-era interviews on his casting Keira as Elizabeth Bennet in his P&P directed film. Also, I've included a few old articles of press/media announcements of KK 's P&P casting (thanks to Paul 's KeiraWeb 's detailed P&P promo page archive for saving those articles as they're nowhere or rather hard to find nowadays because it's been a decade and the web has changed over the years. The P&P 2005 movie 's official website ,
Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton!
Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is Olivier Award winner and Downton Abbey 's Penelope Wilton ( co-stars as Isobel Crawley ), best known to us P&P movie fans as Mrs. Gardiner , Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite aunt in the Pride & Prejudice (2005) film . She also played Tom Hollander 's mother in Wives and Daughters mini-series and co-starred with Rosamund Pike in W&D too as well as with her good friend Judi Dench in Iris and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films. Plus, she co-starred with Matthew Macfadyen in Netflix’s Operation Mincemeat . Miss Wilton turns 78 years young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born: Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 , 1946 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK