Happy Birthday Brenda Blethyn!

Today is the 66th birthday of two-time Academy Award Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, best known to us P&P fans as Mrs. Bennet, the Bennet girls' mother in the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film.

After twenty years of hard work on stage and both television and films, there are not many other actresses who deserved the success, recognition and stardom which Brenda Blethyn has now achieved.

Born in (February 20th) 1946 in Ramsgate in Kent, England, she started her career at British Rail in the 1960s. Saving money during her time there, she took a risk and enrolled herself at the at The Guildford School of Acting in Guildford, Surrey, England and then left her British Rail years behind. Her risk had paid off, by the mid-1970s she was working on stage, eventually joining the National Theatre Company in 1975. (Read more of her Bio on IMDB!)

Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet
in Pride & Prejudice

“When I told people I was playing this part they’d say ‘oh she’s a wonderful cartoon character, you’ll have great fun’.

I said ‘excuse me, no she’s not. She’s got a problem to be dealt with and it seems to me that she’s the only one taking the problem seriously’. The father isn’t, the daughters don’t seem terribly concerned, and I would say that it’s okay for the father because he’s got a roof over his head all the time he’s alive, it’s when he goes that the problem sets in. She mentions that in one of the scenes.” (Brenda Blethyn)

“It’s a tricky part, as she can be very annoying; you want to stop her chattering and shrieking. But Brenda has the humor and the heart to show the amount of love and care Mrs. Bennet has for her daughters”. (Joe Wright)


"We were like one big family. We took over the house. It was so much fun. Brenda Blethyn (Mrs Bennett) mummied us all - when we had days off she took us on day trips to a llama farm." (Carey Mulligan)

“I´ve loved every minute of this film. We´ve become such friends. All of us. It´s been so happy, kind of idyllic, in that house, and the friendships and the camaraderie, it´s just heaven, and I don´t want it to end, to be honest”. (Brenda Blethyn)

Here's BB's upcoming TV & Film Projects for 2012 (via IMDB):
1. Vera (TV series) (completed) (2011-2012) Vera Stanhope  
2. My Angel (post-production) (2012) Headmistress

In development
Ethel & Ernest

More on the lovely Brenda Blethyn...

Brenda Blethyn was an Oscar Nominee twice:
Best Actress in a Leading Role for Secrets & Lies (1997)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Little Voice (1999)

She's nominated for Pride & Prejudice for the following...
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - BAFTA Film Awards (2006)

British Supporting Actress of the Year - London Film Critics Circle Awards (2006)
Best Supporting Actress - Washington DC Film Critics Awards (2006)

Won a Camie (Character and Morality in Entertainment) Award (2006) she shared with P&P director Joe Wright and co-stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and Donald Sutherland.

In Theaters Today Six Years Ago: Pride & Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen

Six Years ago today (November 23, 2005), during the Thanksgiving week here in the U.S., the 6-time BAFTA (including a WIN for director Joe Wright, which he won the Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Brenda Blethyn), 2-time Golden Globes (including Best Actress nomination for Keira Knightley), and 4-time Oscar nominated film (including Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination for Keira Knightley) Pride & Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen expanded its release in U.S. theaters nationwide release (after its select cities debut early November 11th, which it debuted at #10 in limited release of 215 screens in a few select cities) with a strong $2.8+ million on its first opening weekend, and according to Box Office Mojo (with an average of $13,325). Its production budget was reportedly $28 million (estimated). Twelve days later, on this day, the 23rd of November, it expanded to a nationwide US theatrical release with an even more impressive $7,158,119 (#7, rank, 1, 299 theaters, $5,510 average). Its UK Cinema release anniversary was two months ago (September 16th), where it debuted at #1 with £2,529,947 (on 397 screens). With a $38.4 million domestic gross (and $82.7 million in foreign gross making its worldwide total of $121,147, 947), it spent a 112 days/16 weeks of theatrical release here in the U.S. Read more figures and stats here for P&P movie!

To celebrate its 6th year anniversary (US November wide release) of this unforgettable and amazing film here at the P&P Blog, I thought I'd make this post (again for the 3rd time, but edited for the US wide release anniversary) all about it here today, as this is worth reposting here (multiple times) to look back on this amazing and brilliant film and its continued successes, 6 years later and for many years to come.
 
Also, I am reposting here all the P&P related links (I have posted previously since I started blogging about P&P movie over 3 years ago...) for you to check out (if you haven't already done so).

But first, check out the following...

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Talulah Riley, Simon Woods, Kelly Reilly, Claudie Blakley, Rupert Friend and .

(click to enlarge!)

 

Synopsis:  

When Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen), she believes he is the last man on earth she could marry. But as their lives become intertwined in an unexpected adventure, she finds herself captivated by the very person she swore to loathe for all eternity. Based on the beloved masterpiece by Jane Austen, it is the classic tale of love and misunderstanding that sparkles with romance, wit and emotional force. Critics are calling it "Exhilarating. A joy from start to finish." (Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times)

Watch the P&P HD trailer below...

 

 

 [source: FilmTrailersChannel]

 Listen to audio clips of each track here! (via Amazon.com)  

Random P&P Related Links of Interest

• In US Theaters Five Years Ago Today: Pride & Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen     
• In retrospect: Pride & Prejudice's UK and US Premieres in 2005
• In UK Cinemas 5 Years Ago Today: Pride & Prejudice   
• Principal photography for Pride & Prejudice film started this month six years ago
• Pride & Prejudice Deleted Scenes?
• Pride & Prejudice References in Pop Culture (Part 3)
• Pride & Prejudice References in Pop Culture (Part 2)
• Pride & Prejudice (2005) Blog: Sign Online Petition to SAVE Mr. Darcy's Bust!
• P&P Gallery Update: More Behind The Scenes photos of P&P 05 cast
• P&P Gallery Update: More Behind The Scenes and Premiere photos of P&P 05 Cast
• P&P Ornaments
• Video Promo: Pride & Prejudice - Q&A with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Brenda Blethyn, and Rosamund Pike
• Video Interviews: Keira Knightley's Pride & Prejudice Promo Interviews 
• Audio|Video: Listen and read along as Matthew Macfadyen reads Pride & Prejudice!
• Listen to Matthew Macfadyen READ a passage from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice novel! 
• P&P (2005) For Dummies: More Fans FAQ Answered 
• You know you're addicted to Pride & Prejudice movie when... 
• Confessions of a P&P Blogger 
• Behind The Scenes: Conversations with the Pride & Prejudice Cast 
• More Memorable Quotes from Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Two More P&P Blu-ray Reviews
• More P&P Blu-ray Reviews 
• Blu-ray Review: Pride & Prejudice
• Pride & Prejudice (2005) out on Blu-ray today!
• DVD News: Pride & Prejudice and Atonement to be released on Blu-ray January 26th! 
• Pride & Prejudice Companion Book (Screen Caps)
• P&P 05 Movie Location Photos
• Pride & Prejudice (Critics Rave Reviews)
• P&P '05 Nominations & Awards
• Interesting Trivia of P&P 2005 movie
• Memorable Quotes from Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• P&P (2005) Movie's Official Websites & Other Essential Sites
• Deluxe 2-Disc DVD Gift Set for P&P 2005 Film out on November 13th
• P&P (2005) for Dummies
• P&P Oscar Revisited: Keira Knightley and Pride & Prejudice's 2006 Memorable Oscar Moments
• P&P Movie ScriptFunny & Interesting Commentary by Joe Wright
  
• Transcript of Joe Wright's P&P DVD Commentary (Part 1)
• Transcript of Joe Wright's P&P DVD Commentary (Part 2)
• Transcript of Joe Wright's P&P DVD Commentary (Part 3)
• Transcript of Joe Wright's P&P DVD Commentary (Part 4)
• Transcript of Joe Wright's P&P DVD Commentary (Part 5)
• P&P Fanmade Poster Arts
• Matthew Macfadyen on Darcy and P&P
• Joe Wright On Casting P&P '05 Actors
• P&P Actors About P&P And Their P&P Roles (part 2)
• P&P Actors About P&P And Their P&P Roles
• Then & Now: The Many Faces of Elizabeth Bennet
• Then & Now: The Many Faces of Mr. Darcy
• P&P 05: Behind The Scene Photos
• P&P 05: Deleted Scenes Photos
• P&P 05: Movie Stills
• P&P 05: Publicity & Promotional Stills
• P&P 05: Hamburg, Amsterdam, & Dublin Premiere Photos
• P&P 05: London Premiere Photos
• P&P 05: Toronto International Film Festival Premiere Photos
• P&P 05: NYC Premiere Photos
• Pride & Prejudice film one of EW.com's 20 Best Movie Endings
• Pride & Prejudice film is one of TV Guide's Best Big-Screen Proposals  
• Pride & Prejudice References in Pop Culture 
• P&P Quizzes & Trivia

And many more previously posted P&P related posts here: Pride and Prejudice 2005

Plus check out it's Total Lifetime Box Office Gross (according to Box Office Mojo).

Enjoy browsing and have fun reading (and viewing all the photos)!

Happy 6th Year Anniversary P&P (2005) film!!!

Frequent co-stars of P&P (2005) Actors

 

What do all of these familiar faces and famous Hollywood/International/A-list actors all have in common? Well, other than them being rich, famous, and talented actors, of course. They all have co-starred with our favorite P&P (2005) actors in some of their TV/films and stage play projects either more than once (and or with more than a few P&P actors) or multiple times with the same or different P&P actor(s). If you've seen the following movies (some I've recommended here for you to check out and watch!) they've done with our P&P actors either they were co-starring, appearing with a small (but still important roles) and or making a cameo appearances...then, you probably noticed (or perhaps not until now) that they were all in those movies (whether they were made for Television or Feature films) and stage plays frequently co-starring with P&P 05 actors. I thought I'd compiled and list them here as I've been noticing them in all these movies I've seen and it's very interesting that all have co-starred with them not just once, but twice or even a few times or more with some of our favorite P&P actors listed here...kind of like a six degrees of P&P 05 actors game, where each of these famous actors have a connection with just about everyone of them.

Check out below the familiar names and faces (images included) with a list of films they co-starred/appeared more than once with our P&P (2005) actors...


The following P&P (2005) actors featured here (with their frequent co-stars as well as being directed by Joe Wright in his films such as Atonement, The Soloist, Hanna, and the upcoming Anna Karenina) are: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan, Talulah Riley, Rupert Friend, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench, Tom Hollander, Simon Woods, Kelly Reilly, , , and Claudie Blakley

In random order

Colin Firth - The Importance of Being Ernest and Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, The Last Legion with Rupert Friend, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, Steve (short) with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Emma Thompson - Maybe Baby with Matthew Macfadyen, Tom Hollander, and Kelly Reilly, Love Actually with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Johnny Depp - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Rupert Friend, and Kelly Reilly
Ryan Gosling - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Fracture with Rosamund Pike, Drive with Carey Mulligan
Sam Worthington - Last Night with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Liam Neeson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Rupert Everett - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley
Leonardo DiCaprio - Inception with Talulah Riley, J.Edgar with Judi Dench, The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Maggie Smith - Ladies in Lavender and A Room with a View with Judi Dench (as well as Stage and other films with JD), Downton Abbey (season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Pierce Brosnan - Bond movies with Judi Dench, Die Another Day with Judi Dench and Rosamund Pike, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Daniel Craig - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace/SkyFall (Bond movies) with Judi Dench
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Bend it Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, The Tudors (season 3 and 4) with Tamzin Merchant
Hayley Atwell - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Sam Clafin - The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, Any Human Heart with Mathew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Pirates 4 with Judi Dench
Rufus Sewell - The Last King with Simon Woods and directed by Joe Wright, The Pillars of the Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Gillian Anderson - Bleak House with Carey Mulligan, Any Human Heart with Tom Hollander and Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Rowan Atkinson - Love Actually with Keira Knightley, Comic Relief: The Big One with Matthew Macfadyen, Johnny English Reborn with Rosamund Pike
Ralph Fiennes - Land of The Blind with Donald Sutherland and Tom Hollander, The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike
Joseph Fiennes - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, The Very Thought of You with Tom Hollander
Ray Stevenson - Rome (series) with Simon Woods, King Arthur with Keira Knightley, The Three Musketeers 3D with Matthew Macfadyen
Helena Bonham Carter - A Room With The View with Judi Dench, Enid with Matthew Macfadyen
Romola Garai - Angel with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley and Brenda Blethyn
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn and director Joe Wright, Hanna with Tom Hollander and Joe Wright(director)
Michael Fassbender - Eden Lake with Kelly Reilly, Angel with Simon Woods, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, A Dangerous Method with Keira Knightley, Shame with Carey Mulligan
Ciaran Hinds - Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Rome (TV series) with Simon Woods, Above Suspicion (TV series) with Kelly Reilly, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Sally Hawkins - An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Jane Eyre with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Miranda Richardson - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Puffball with Kelly Reilly and Donald Sutherland, Made in Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Robert Downey Jr. - The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone and directed by Joe Wright, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly
Jude Law - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2 with Kelly Reilly, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Dan Stevens - Downton Abbey (TV miniseries) seasons 1-2 and Christmas Special with Penelope Wilton
Michelle Dockery - Return to Cranford with Judi Dench and Claudie Blakley, Hanna with Tom Hollander and director Joe Wright, Downton Abbey (Season 1 & 2) with Penelope Wilton, and Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and Joe Wright (director)  
Keeley Hawes - Spooks/MI-5 with Matthew Macfadyen, Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Death at a Funeral with Matthew Macfadyen, Ashes to Ashes with Matthew Macfadyen
Andrea Riseborough - Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Michael Gambon - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Perfect Strangers/Almost Strangers with Matthew Macfadyen, The Lost Prince with Tom Hollander, Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly, Cranford with Judi Dench and Simon Woods
Bill Nighy - Lawless Heart with Tom Hollander, Love Actually with Keira knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Keira Knightley and Tom Hollander, Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, The Boat That Rocked/Pirate Radio with Talulah Riely, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton, Wrath of the Titans with Rosamund Pike, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Albert Finney - A Rather English Marriage with Rosamund Pike, A Good Year with Tom Hollander
Alfred Molina - Undertaking Betty/Plot with a View with Brenda Blethyn, Silk with Keira Knightley, An Education with Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike
Bob Hoskins - The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Mrs. Henderson Presents with Judi Dench and Kellly Reilly, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike, Neverland with Keira Knightley
Charlotte Rampling - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, The Sea with Rosamund Pike
Dominic Cooper - The Duchess with Keira Knightley, An Education with Rosamund Pike and Carey Mulligan
Marion Cottilard - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Inception with Talulah Riley, Nine with Judi Dench
Susan Sarandon - StepMom with Jena Malone, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon with Matthew Macfadyen, Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps with Carey Mulligan
Eddie Redmayne - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Pillars of The Earth with Matthew Macfadyen and Donald Sutherland, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench, Pip Torrens, and Peter Wight
Kim Catrall - My Boy Jack with Carey Mulligan, Private Lives (stage play) with Matthew Macfadyen, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Orlando Bloom - Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 with Tom Hollander, The Three Musketeers with Matthew Macfadyen
Gemma Arterton - St. Trinian's 1 and 2 and Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, Quantum of Solace (Bond film) with Judi Dench, The Little Dog Laughed (stage play) with Rupert Friend
Jim Broadbent - Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Iris with Judi Dench, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Any Human Heart with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Rupert-Penry Jones - Cambridge Spies with Tom Hollander, Match Point with Penelope Wilton, Agatha Christie's Poirot (Sad Cypress) and Joe's Palace with Kelly Reilly
Kate Winslet - Iris with Judi Dench, Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander
Hugh Dancy - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn
Jeremy Northam - Enigma with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Possession with Tom Hollander
Helen Mirren - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Caludie Blakley, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton
Clive Owen - King Arthur with Keira Knightley, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Elizabeth: The Golden Agewith Tom Hollander
Kelly Macdonald - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and director Joe Wright
Eileen Atkins - Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Cranford and Return to Cranford with Judi Dench, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland, Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland
Rupert Graves - The Last King (TV miniseries) with Simon Woods and Joe Wright (director), Death at a Funeral and Miss Marple: Pocket Full of Rye with Matthew Macfadyen, A Room with the View with Judi Dench, Made In Dagenham with Rosamund Pike
Daniel Day-Lewis - The Ballad of Jack and Rose with Jena Malone, A Room with the View and Nine with Judi Dench
Jason Statham - The Italian Job and The Mechanic with Donald Sutherland
Nicole Kidman - Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherland and Jena Malone, Nine with Judi Dench
Tobey Maguire - Brothers and The Great Gatsby with Carey Mulligan
Natalie Portman - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Brothers with Carey Mulligan, Cold Mountain with Donald Sutherlandand Jena Malone
Jake Gyleenhaal - Dannie Darko with Jena Malone, Brothers with Carey Mulligan
Celia Imrie - Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike, Calendar Girls with Penelope Wilton, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley, Cranford with Judi Dench, St. Trinians 1 and 2 with Talulah Riley, The Best Exotic Marigold with Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton, Titanic (TV series 2012) with Peter Wight
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal with Judi Dench, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen, Hanna with Tom Hollander and director Joe Wright (director)
Rhys Ifans - Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend, SkyFall (Bond 23) with Judi Dench, Neverland with Keira Knightley
Abbie Cornish - Elizabeth: The Golden Age and A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Bright Star with Caludie Blakley, Sucker Punch with Jena Malone
Samantha Morton - The Libertine with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Kelly Reilly, and Rupert Friend, Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander, The Messenger with Jena Malone
Geoffrey Rush - Shakespeare In Love with Judi Dench, Pirates 1-3 with Keira Knightley, Pirates 2-3 and Elizabeth: The Golden Age with Tom Hollander
Collin Farrell - Ask The Dust with Donald Sutherland, Triage with Kelly Reilly, London Boulevard with Keira Knightley, Horrible Bosses with Donald Sutherland

Also...
Jennifer Ehle - Bedroom and Hallways with Tom Hollander, Possession with Tom Hollander, The Greatest with Carey Mulligan
Francess O'Connor - The Importance of Being Ernest with Judi Dench, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander
Hugh Bonneville - Iris with Judi Dench, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond films) with Judi Dench, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries; Season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton, Rev. (TV series), Legally Mad (TV Movie), and Freezing (TV series) with Tom Hollander, Piccadilly Jim with Brenda Blethyn and Tom Hollander, Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley
Sam Neill - Doctor Zhivago with Keira Knightley, The Tudors with Tamzin Merchant, Angel with Simon Woods
Cilian Murphy - The Way We Live Now with Matthew Macfadyen, The Edge of Love with Keira Knightley, Inception with Talulah Riley
James McAvoy - Penelope with Simon Woods, Atonement with Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, and director Joe Wright, Filth with Rupert Friend
Jamie Bell - The Eagle with Donald Sutherland, Jane Eyre with Tamzin Merchant and Judi Dench, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant, Filth with Rupert Friend
Emily Barclay - In My Father's Den with Matthew Macfadyen, Stainless Steel with Judi Dench and Tamzin Merchant
Brendan Coyle - The Jacket with Keira Knightley, Tomorrow Never Dies (Bond film) with Judi Dench, Larkrise to Candleford (TV series) with Claudie Blakley, Downtown Abbey (TV miniseries, season 1 and 2) with Penelope Wilton
Christina Ricci - Bastard Out of Carolina and Cheaters with Jena Malone, Penelope with Simon Woods
Jennifer Lawrence - Devil You Know with Rosamund Pike, Hunger Games with Donald Sutherland
Aaron Johnson - The Greatest with Carey Mulligan, Anna Karenina with Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, and Joe Wright (director)
Paul Dano - The Ballad of Jack and Rose and For Ellen with Jena Malone
Jemima Rooper - Wives and Daughters with Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, and Penelope Wilton, Love In A Cold Climate with Rosamund Pike
Catherine Keener - Lovely & Amazing with Brenda Blethyn, The Ballad of Jack and Rose and Into The Wild with Jena Malone, The Soloist with Tom Hollander, Jena Malone, and Joe Wright (director)
Emile Hirsch - The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Kristin Scott Thomas - The Seagull (stage play) with Carey Mulligan, Life As A House with Jena Malone, Gosford Park with Tom Hollander and Claudie Blakley
Juliet Stevenson - Bend It Like Beckham with Keira Knightley, When Did You Last See Your Father? with Carey Mulligan, Triage with Kelly Reilly
Emily Mortimer - Coming Home with Keira Knightley,  Lovely & Amazing and The Sleeping Dictionary with Brenda Blethyn, Match Point with Penelope Wilton
Claire Foy - Little Dorrit with Matthew Macfadyen, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
JJ Feild - Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Felicity Jones - The Treasure Seekers (TV Movie) with Keira Knightley, Northanger Abbey with Carey Mulligan, This Beautiful Fantastic with Rupert Friend
Tom Mison - The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard (TV series) with Carey Mulligan,The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (short film) with Rupert Friend and Keira Knightley, Steve with Keira Knightley and Rupert Friend (director)
Anna Maxwell Martin - Bleak House (TV miniseries) with Carey Mulligan, South Riding (TV Miniseries) with Penelope Wilton, Night Watch (TV movie) with Claudie Blakley
Jodie Foster - Contact and The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys with Jena Malone
Audrey Tautou - L'Auberge Spagnole (The Spanish Apartment) and Russian Dolls with Kelly Reilly
Michelle Williams - The United States of Leland with Jena Malone, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen, My Week with Marilyn with Judi Dench, Peter Wight, and Pip Torrens
Ewan McGregor - Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace with Keira Knightley, Little Voice with Brenda Blethyn, Incendiary with Matthew Macfadyen
Kristen Stewart - Fierce People with Donald Sutherland, Into The Wild with Jena Malone
Rachelle LeFevre - Fugitive Pieces and Barney's Version with Rosamund Pike
Chris Evans - Saved! with Jena Malone, Fierce People with Donald Sutherland
Mark Strong - The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Sherlock Holmes with Kelly Reilly, The Eagle with Donald Sutherland
Paul Bethany - Coming Home (TV movie) with Keira Knightley, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend
Russell Crowe - A Good Year with Tom Hollander, Robin Hood with Matthew Macfadyen
Tom Cruise - Valkyrie with Tom Hollander, One Shot with Rosamund Pike
Rory Kinnear - Return to Cranford with Judi Dench and Claudie Blakley, Quantum of Solace and Skyfall with Judi Dench, Lennon Naked with Claudie Blakley, Women In Love with Rosamund Pike, The Mystery of Edwin Drood with Tamzin Merchant
Rachael Stirling - Maybe Baby with Matthew Macfadyen and Tom Hollander, The Young Victoria with Rupert Friend, Women In Love with Rosamund Pike
Freddie Fox - St. Trinians II: The Legend of Friton's Gold with Talulah Riley, Any Human Heart and The Three Musketeers 3D with Matthew Macfadyen, The Mystery of Edwin Drood with Tamzin Merchant
Anna Friel - War Bride with Claudie Blackley, London Boulevard and Neverland with Keira Knightley
Charlie Rowe - Pirate Radio with Talulah Riley, Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley, Neverland with Keira Knightley

And there you have it (boredom lead me to this, haha!)...I've attempted a long list here all in one post...phew! Did I miss anyone? I'm sure there's a movie or an actor I forgot to list here, but will add here if I see/noticed more films with familiar/famous actors co-starring with our P&P actors (at least twice or a few times) as soon as I spot them, lol...

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P&P Cast filming Pride & Prejudice film this summer 7 years ago

I posted here a year ago about the Principal photography for Pride & Prejudice film started this month six years ago. I thought I'd post here about it (again) this year with more cast interviews, on set, and behind the scenes info and images as it's been 7 years this month since they filmed the movie and shot entirely on location in the beautiful English countryside. I've been very fortunate to have visited at least two of those wonderful filming locations in Derbyshire (see some of my Photos: Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall as Pride & Prejudice's Pemberley and Inn at Lambton (P&P/Derbyshire filming locations)) almost a year ago (September 2010) when I went on My first European trip.

Anyway, the 4-time Academy Award (as well as 2-time Golden Globe and 6-time BAFTA) nominated 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice starring Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen began filming seven years ago last month (July 19th) and during this month (see P&P timeline below). The film was directed by Joe Wright and shot entirely on location in the UK, including Derbyshire, Wiltshire, Lincolnshire, and Kent. The P&P cast and crew spent their most fun and "happiest" summer (3 months!) filming the movie from July through October 2004.

In retrospect, for the nostalgia of this amazing film, here's another new compilation of various cast interviews (including director Joe Wright, which were not posted here last year. Mostly, a lot of them you've probably read/heard from the P&P DVD extras and P&P Diaries documentary) and what the cast said their experiences were like filming P&P movie and bonding with each other.

From P&P '05 Diaries (as well as from the P&P DVD's Bonus Exras: Conversations with the Cast and A Bennet Family Portrait featurettes) here are a compilation of what Joe Wright and some of his P&P cast said as they were discussing their favorite moments from the film's production (as well as a video, which you can watch here: P&P Diaries Special Moments via Focus Features) or below...



(source: Focus Features)

"It was lovely. What a joy of job. Three months skipping around the English countryside with loads of girls. It was heaven." (Joe Wright)

"Love Ros, Love Carey and Jena, and Talulah. And it's been lovely kinda having this very girly family. But then, you've got Brenda and Donald in the middle of it." (Keira Knightley)

"Glorious. Donald and Brenda and all of the girls. What a lovely family." (Matthew Macfadyen)

"Brenda, I love with an absolute passion. I think she's wonderful and Donald is very funny and always have a good stories to tell." (Talulah Riley)

"Really fun, 'cause I'm an only child, so I don't know what it's like to have that particular rivalry you have with a sister or that particular love or whatever and with this it feels like it has come alive." (Rosamund Pike)

"Donald's struggling with the great big pig. So, I've ushered in the pigs into the alley. It was heaven." (Brenda Blethyn)


"Well, I have to tell you. It was lovely to be here." (Donald Sutherland)

Watch The Pride & Prejudice Diaries: The Bennett Family
(via Focus Features) or watch it below...

 (Focus Features)

"You have no idea, you know, when you come into a picture what KeiraKnightley is going to be like. And it turns out she is as extraordinaryan actor as I've ever met in my life. Rosamund was...it's indescribablehow ethereally beautiful she was. Talulah was...Oh, I just embracedher. Carey...They were like children, you know. And Jena was...she justbecame this silly child. They were wonderful. It was just a wonderfulfamily, you know. Headed and embraced and supported and catalyzed byBrenda Blethyn." (Donald Sutherland)

"I feel like I've been so welcome here. Like, It's just been so nice." (Jena Malone)

"So, I don't know. I don't think I could pick my favorite person to work with as they're all so amazing. And I know everyone always says that, but you do go, 'No, this is such a special group of people.'" (Keira Knightley)

"Obviously, we've got people like Judi Dench and Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn, and you work with these guys, and you just go...'the experience,' and the way they handled themselves...and you know, that's amazing." (Keira Knightley)


"Normally, before I'm in the scene I'm in the corner and I'm kinda going..." (Simon Woods)
"And I love it when we're a family unit rather than...I mean, we've been sort of split up in various things...but when we are presented as the Bennets. And that scene when we go to Netherfield...And it's a Miss Bennet, a Miss Bennet, a Miss Bennet, and a Mrs. Bennet. And it's like we're all together." (Carey Mulligan)

"Carey and I have been really good friends, because, obviously we're both new to this. So, it's been good to have somebody that doesn't know what's going on as well." (Talulah Riley)

"The most incredible thing has been seeing people like Carey Mulligan and Talulah Riley and whose first job this is and how they've taken it like ducks to water, you know, and how excited they've been." (Keira Knightley)

"We've become such friends, all of us, for real." (Brenda Blethyn)

"We were all very, very nice to each other at the beginning and suddenly, you know, we've started to sort of have real dynamics as well as sort of the character dynamics." (Rosamund Pike)

"Judi Dench, I adored watching. I was sitting there at that dinner table in Rosings and think, this is great." (Matthew Macfadyen)

"Some of the highlights are the things I wasn't even in and just standing and watching the others and seeing how beautiful it's looking." (Brenda Blethyn)

"I really enjoyed all the dancing stuff with Matthew. It was really odd. I thought I was going to completely hate it. And then you kind of accept that you're gonna be there all day and it's gonna be difficult and it's gonna be really, really lovely. So, I enjoyed that a lot." (Keira Knightley)

"I've just had a wonderful summer with this family. The little family of the Bennets and the bigger family of the whole crew." (Rosamund Pike)


"I've loved every minute of this film." (Brenda Blethyn)


Also, from HBO's First Look: Pride & Prejudice:

"On the last day of rehearsals, I took the whole of theBennet family to the house. They had to claim that house as their own.It was their space and the crew were guests. And we had a lovely timeas well." (Joe Wright)


"Joe brought us all down on a day when everything wasimmaculate. There was no equipment. Everything was dressed. It reallyis...It was enchanting. Really enchanting." (Rosamund Pike)

"We played sardines. We were there all day hiding and discovering the house." (Brenda Blethyn)

"We were allowed to do exactly what we wanted...and shout and screamand anything. It just worked. We just gelled completely in a way thatnone of us could have imagined." (Keira Knightley)

From Keira Knightley's P&P Promotional Video Interview...


Did you enjoy working on location in the British countryside?

"Yeah, definitely. I mean, I really enjoyed traveling. You have to, being in my profession, really. The opportunity of doing a film in Britain was definitely a huge bonus. And actually partly, because I really don't know the British countryside. It's weird, I'm born and bred Londoner. I know of Devon and Cornwall. But I don't know really, I didn't know Derbyshire. I've never been to Derbyshire before. I've never really been to Kent before. You know, and it's just really great opportunity to actually see my country for a change as opposed to seeing other people's, you know. So, it was a fantastic, It was a fantastic a summer. And I'm so glad to have seen all these really beautiful places." (Keira Knightley)

Watch Keira Knightley's P&P Promo Interview

 [source: KelsiKnightley]

Did you bond with the other Bennet sisters?

"Oh, yeah. No, Totally. I mean, this is the first time for me that I've worked with girls with my own age. You know, there were three of us who were 19 (Keira, Carey, and Jena) when we did it, one was 18 (Talulah) and Ros (Rosamund), you know is a tiny bit older. But we're all pretty much the same age. And it was just lovely for me to to work with people of my own age who share the same interest 'cause I've never had that before. So, yeah, I'm still friendly with a lot of people who worked on Pride & Prejudice. I'd actually count a lot of them as among my closest friends and it was a really special, special experience. Definitely, 'cause that rarely happens on a film set where everybody just loved each other and you can really see that on the film as well." (Keira Knightley)

Read More...
Behind The Scenes: Conversations with the Pride & Prejudice Cast
More Carey Mulligan Interviews
View More...
P&P '05 Diaries (Video Clips links)


Reposting this here...  Also, here's an interesting timeline (from KeiraWeb's P&P Promotional Page) to when it all started back in 2004...

Pride & Prejudice (2005) Timeline

• 2004 - January. WorkingTitle announce plans for a big screen version of Pride and Prejudice,the first since 1940. Joe Wright is confirmed as director, with thescreenplay written by novelist Deborah Moggach.  
• April 27th - ScreenInternational announce Keira Knightley is in advanced negotiations tostar as Elizabeth Bennet in the Working Title production.
• June 8th - Keira is confirmed in the role of Elizabeth Bennet.
• June 11th - Matthew MacFadyen is announced as Mr. Darcy.
• July 14th. Dame JudiDench, Penelope Wilton, Donald Sutherland and Brenda Blethyn areconfirmed as co-stars in the movie. A budget of $28million is revealed.
• July19th - Principal photography begins at Burghley House, near Stamford inLincolnshire. It will be seen as Rosings, the home of the De Bourghs.
• August 15th - Filming movesto Groombridge Place near Tunbridge Wells in Kent, which will be seenas the Bennets' home, Longbourn.
• August 23rd - Filming takesplace at Wilton House near Salisbury, to be seen as the interior ofPemberley - (This was the location for Colin Firth's famous wet shirtscene in the 1995 BBC production). Stourhead Gardens and Martin Downwere other places utilized while in Wiltshire.
• August 31st - Filmingreturns to Burghley House, and its local town of Stamford, withhundreds of locals used as extras. This will be seen as the village ofMeryton in the movie.
• September 8th. The cast andcrew film Netherfield scenes at Basildon Park in Berkshire. The WestFront, dining room and Octagon Drawing Room will be featured in themovie.
• September 13th - Keira is confirmed to play Domino Harvey in Domino,which starts filming in early October. Her hair is cut short inpreparation for the role, and the remaining scenes as Lizzie see hersporting a wig.
• September 27th - Filmingconcludes at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. The exterior shots ofPemberley were filmed here, and the grand staircase and SculptureGallery will also be seen. While in Derbyshire, dramatic clifftopscenes were filmed with Keira in the Peak District National Park.
• October 8th - Filming wraps on the movie, as early release date speculation suggest September 2005.

Read more at KeiraWeb.com's Pride & Prejudice Promotional Page 

Check out and view the following...


P&P (locations and behind the scenes) Photo albums

Photos: P&P Filming Locations

P&P Locations

P&P Behind The Scenes

Pride & Prejudice Diaries

Brenda Blethyn's detective drama series 'Vera' gets renewed for a second season on ITV

ITV has renewed the detective drama series Vera starring Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope and David Leon as DS Joe Ashworth for a second season.

Brenda Blethyn will reprise her role as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope.


Vera
International award-winning actress Brenda Blethyn OBE stars in Vera, a new detective drama series adapted from the Vera Stanhope novels by revered novelist Ann Cleeves.

Inspector Stanhope is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she’s lonely she doesn’t show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. Her trusted and long-suffering colleague is Joe Ashworth; he is her right-hand man and surrogate son. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.

Vera Promotional stills
featuring Brenda Blethyn

 (source: ITV)

Here's an article about Vera's second season renewal with more info (via The List):

Vera recommissioned for second series
Filming for four stand-alone episodes of the detective drama has already commenced, with BAFTA-winning actress Brenda Blethyn set to reprise her role as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in the show, which is based on the works of crime author Ann Cleeves.

The programme - which is set in Northumberland and Newcastle - averaged 6.6 million viewers with a peak episode of 6.8 million during its first series.

All four 120-minute episodes - which will be directed by Peter Hoar, Julian Holmes and Paul Whittington - will document the mysterious goings on in mostly rural areas of the north-eastern county, with the final production 'Silent Voices' based on Ann's latest novel.


The show is one of four dramas being recomissioned by ITV, alongside 'Scott and Bailey', 'Monroe' and 'Case Sensitive'.

Laura Mackie, Director of Drama Commissioning at ITV Drama, said: "We couldn't be more delighted with the success of 'Vera', 'Case Sensitive', 'Monroe and Scott & Bailey'. It's terrific to think we are commissioning the most watched and appreciated original dramas for the ITV1 audience."

Brenda previously revealed she perfected her Geordie accent for 'Vera' by studying former 'X Factor' judge Cheryl Cole. Read full article.