richard armitage played mr bennet in pride and prejudice 1995.
richard armitage played mr bennet in pride and prejudice 1995.
who played mr bennet in pride and prejudice 1995?
richard armitage
benjamin whitrow was cast to play mr bennet, elizabeth's distinguished but financially imprudent and occasionally indulgent gentry father. bafta-nominated alison steadman was cast to play the parvenu mrs bennet, elizabeth's mortifyingly affected social climbing mother. steadman was offered the role without auditions or screen tests. elizabeth's four sisters, whose ages ranged between 15 and 22, were cast to look dissimilar from each other. susannah harker portrayed elizabeth's beautiful older sister jane, who desires to only see good in others. lucy briers, polly maberly, and julia sawalha played elizabeth's younger sisters – the plain mary, the good-natured but flighty and susceptible kitty, and frivolous and headstrong lydia. being 10 years older than 15-year-old lydia, julia sawalha, of "absolutely fabulous" fame, had enough acting experience to get the role without screen tests. joanna david and tim wylton appeared as the gardiners, elizabeth's maternal aunt and uncle. david bamber played the unctuous clergyman, mr collins, a cousin of mr bennet. lucy scott portrayed elizabeth's best friend and mr collins's wife, charlotte lucas, and david bark-jones portrayed lt. denny.
pride and prejudice (1995 tv series)
mr william collins, 25 years old as the novel begins, is mr bennet's distant cousin, a clergyman, and the heir presumptive to mr bennet's estate of longbourn. the property is entailed to heirs male, meaning that mr bennet's daughters and their issue cannot inherit. unless mr bennet has a son (which he and mrs bennet have no expectation of), the estate of two thousand a year will pass to mr collins.
mr william collins