hugh grant played edward ferrars in sense and sensibility.
hugh grant played edward ferrars in sense and sensibility.
who played edward ferrars in sense and sensibility?
hugh grant
the formal casting process began in february 1995, though some of the actors met with thompson the previous year to help her conceptualise the script. lee eventually cast all but one of them: hugh grant (as edward ferrars), robert hardy (as sir john middleton), harriet walter (as fanny ferrars dashwood), imelda staunton (as charlotte jennings palmer), and hugh laurie (as mr. palmer). amanda root had also worked with thompson on the screenplay, but had already committed to star in the 1995 film "persuasion". commenting on the casting of laurie, whom she had known for years, thompson has said, "there is no one [else] on the planet who could capture mr. palmer's disenchantment and redemption so perfectly, and make it funny."
sense and sensibility (film)
edward ferrars









































edward ferrars is a fictional character in jane austen's "sense and sensibility". he is the elder of fanny dashwood's two brothers and forms an attachment to elinor dashwood.









































as first described in "sense and sensibility":









































"edward ferrars was not recommended to their good opinion by any peculiar graces of person or address.









































he was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing.









































he was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour
edward ferrars