Your Picks of Actors and Actresses to play Austen

[Claudine]

Have a wish list of people you wish were in Austen adaptations? think they would have been better? Put your wish list here but whomever you pick cannot have been in an Austen drama past or present to make it interesting. You can pick anyone from your favourite film or tv series or soap.

Lets start with Pride and Prejudice here is the cast list

Mr. Bennet
Mrs.Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet
Jane Bennet
Lydia Bennet
Kitty Bennet
Mary Bennet
Mr. Collins
Charlotte Lucas
Maria Lucas
Caroline Bingley
Mrs. Hurst
Charles Bingley
Lady Catherine De Bourgh
Miss Anne De Bourgh
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Georgiana Darcy
George Wickham
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner

[stella]

Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Bennet - John Mahoney - Frasier
Mrs.Bennet - Celia Imrie - Bridget Jones
Elizabeth Bennet - Jennifer Biddall - Holly Oaks
Jane Bennet - Jane March - Colour Of Night
Lydia Bennet - Sarah Barrand - Footballers Wives
Kitty Bennet - Lauren Drummond - Holby City
Mary Bennet - Sarah White - Emmerdale
Mr. Collins - Rowan Atkinson - Black Adder
Charlotte Lucas - Emma Edmondson - Coronation Street
Maria Lucas - Jessica Fox - Holly Oaks
Caroline Bingley - Alison King - Coronation Street
Mrs. Hurst - Linda Armstrong - Doctors
Charles Bingley -Benedict Cumberbatch - Amazing Grace
Lady Catherine De Bourgh - Sheila Hancock- Fortysomething
Miss Anne De Bourgh - Emma Ferguson - North and South
Fitzwilliam Darcy - Jack Davenport - Pirates of the Carribean
Georgiana Darcy - Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
George Wickham - Brooks Livermore - Ghost Squad
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner - Dennis Waterman - New Tricks / Shirley Stelfox - Keeping up appearances

[Kitty]

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Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Bennet - Alan Rickman - Sense and Sensibility
Mrs.Bennet - Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
Elizabeth Bennet - Sophia Myles - Underworld
Jane Bennet - Felicity Jones - Northanger Abbey
Lydia Bennet - Ellie Kendrick - The Diary of Anne Frank
Kitty Bennet - Sophie Vavasseur - Becoming Jane
Mary Bennet - Kay Lyon - Mary Higgins
Mr. Collins - Allessandro Nivola - Goal
Charlotte Lucas - Sally Hawkins - Persuasion
Caroline Bingley - Rachel McAdams - The Notebook
Mrs. Hurst - Pauline Quirke - North and South
Charles Bingley - Rupert Penry jones - Persuasion
Lady Catherine De Bourgh - Maggie Smith - Becoming Jane
Miss Anne De Bourgh - Shirley Henderson - The Taming of the Shrew
Fitzwilliam Darcy - Richard Armitage - North and South
Georgiana Darcy - Emma Watson - Harry Potter
George Wickham - Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribean
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner - Dawn French and Hugh Bonneville

[stella]

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Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Bennet - Alan Rickman - Sense and Sensibility
I wouldn't have thought that one
Mrs.Bennet - Kristin Scott Thomas - The English Patient
great pick here I remember her in Abfab similar character
Elizabeth Bennet - Sophia Myles - Underworld
was she in Underworld? I know her from the american dracula series - very interesting!
Jane Bennet - Felicity Jones - Northanger Abbey
You don't think she is too plain? to play Jane
Lydia Bennet - Ellie Kendrick - The Diary of Anne Frank - I will have to look this one up
Kitty Bennet - Sophie Vavasseur - Becoming Jane
and this one
Mary Bennet - Kay Lyon - Mary Higgins
and this one
Mr. Collins - Allessandro Nivola - Goal
and this one
Charlotte Lucas - Sally Hawkins - Persuasion
yes I suppose she could do it
Caroline Bingley - Rachel McAdams - The Notebook
Wow! I am flattered a Canadian she is not too young?
Mrs. Hurst - Pauline Quirke - North and South
ha ha yes of course very interesting here
Charles Bingley - Rupert Penry jones - Persuasion
would be a better choice I mean Crispin and the other one was cute but him yeah much better!
Lady Catherine De Bourgh - Maggie Smith - Becoming Jane
Oh! Maggie would be a killer Lady De Bourgh
Miss Anne De Bourgh - Shirley Henderson - The Taming of the Shrew
I laughed when I read that one she's perfect!
Fitzwilliam Darcy - Richard Armitage - North and South - I thought of that too but wanted to save him for something else
Georgiana Darcy - Emma Watson - Harry Potter
Yes she would do!
George Wickham - Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribean - hmm it would make it harder to hate him!
Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner - Dawn French and Hugh Bonneville
OMG!! I would be laughing :O) I love those two never seen them together in anything have you?

Yep great picks for sure I wonder what Eliza and the others will come up with?
Stella

[stella]

OMG!! I would be laughing :O) I love those two never seen them together in anything have you?

Yep great picks for sure I wonder what Eliza and the others will come up with?
Stella
Just looked them up it appears I am familiar with most of them one was in Evelyn with Pierce Brosnan, the Amazing Miss Pritchard, and North and South and Bleak House if I remember right.
The other in the Diary of Anne Frank not sure I have seen that, neither have I seen Goal but I will take your word for it but you have made some great choices though! Good work!
Stella ;)

[Kitty]

i think rachel mcadams could do the job, because although she is young she
looks mature and sophisticated as caroline does..
im not sure if she could do a good english accent though!!

[stella]

i think rachel mcadams could do the job, because although she is young she
looks mature and sophisticated as caroline does..
im not sure if she could do a good english accent though!!

I don't know although some might disagree some Canadian do a bang up job at accents! like Donald Sutherland, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh, Gordon Pinsent to name a few so with a few elocution lesson it can be done. Ask Renee Zellweger and Gwyneth Paltrow a lot can be done with time and money.
Thanks by the way for enlightening me on Anne Frank new BBC edition very interesting and with another fave of mine who has never done an Austen Iain Glen who played the father.
Ellie was quite good in that one so you are right in your choice not that I doubted you!

Stella

[Kitty]

thats ok :)
the diary of anne frank was an excellent production - -and it had
felicity jones from northanger abbey as anne's sister, she was very good.

[Claudine]

Ok since it isn't quite fall yet let's see who you would pick for Sense and Sensibility same rules apply no previous actors from Austen adaptations and can be from any tv show or film or soap.

Elinor Dashwood -
Marianne Dashwood -
Margaret Dashwood -
Mrs. Dashwood -
John Dashwood -
Fanny Dashwood -
John Willoughby -
Sir John Middleton -
Lady Middleton -
Mrs. Jennings -
Mr. Palmer -
Charlotte Palmer
Lucy Steele -
Nancy Steele -
Robert Ferrars -
Edward Ferrars -
Colonel Brandon -
Miss Williams -

Have fun!!

[stella]

Here is my list it took me 2 hours to get this list together taking in consideration the talented people below whether they suit or not I think they would be great.


Elinor Dashwood - Tamsin Egerton - Keeping Mum
Marianne Dashwood - Georgia Groome - Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Margaret Dashwood - Jennifer Rae Daykin - Nanny McPhee
Mrs. Dashwood - Kate Isitt - Coupling
John Dashwood - Ben Miles - Couplin,Lark Rise to Candleford
Fanny Dashwood - Helena Bonham Carter
John Willoughby - Robert Pattinson - Twilight
Sir John Middleton - Rupert Vansittart - Heartbeat

Lady Middleton - Sarah Lancashire -
Mrs. Jennings - Wendy Craig - The Royal
Mr. Palmer - Steven Mackintosh - The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard
Charlotte Palmer - Tricia Penrose - Heartbeat
Lucy Steele - Ophelia Lovibond - Holby City

Nancy Steele - Natalie Anderson - The Royal
Robert Ferrars - Martin Hancock - Defiance, Holby City
Edward Ferrars - Jamie Bamber- Law and Order UK
Colonel Brandon - Daniel Craig - Casino Royal, Defiance
Miss Williams - Jaimie Winstone - Dead Set, Vincent