Pride & Prejudice (2005) FAN Blog

On this day, 10 years ago ( July 14th, 2004 ), more cast for  Joe Wright 's first feature film, Pride & Prejudice (2005) has been announced including the vets Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet , Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet , Judi Dench as Lady Catherine de Bourgh , and Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Gardiner . Read Joe Wright On Casting P&P '05 Actors . Also,  Tom Hollander as Mr. Collins and Simon Woods as Mr. Bingley were mentioned in the casting news announcement in the same day. No mention of the rest of the cast (ie. Carey Mulligan ,  Talulah Riley ,  Rupert Friend , Kelly Reilly , Tamzin Merchant , and Claudie Blakley ). But here are a list  The P&P 2005 Official Cast: 

On this day, 10 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 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...

On this day,  10 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. I've 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 no...