Netflix unveiled a first look and cast additions for Pride and Prejudice, an upcoming limited series based on Jane Austen's classic novel. Variety reported that "the six-part limited series promises a faithful adaptation of Austen's immortal 1813 novel from Heartstopper director Euros Lyn and screenwriter Dolly Alderton." Production has begun in the U.K.
Joining the cast are Rufus Sewell as Mr. Bennet, Freya Mavor (Jane Bennet), Jamie Demetriou (Mr. Collins), Daryl McCormack (Mr. Bingley), Louis Partridge (Mr. Wickham), Rhea Norwood (Lydia Bennet), Siena Kelly (Caroline Bingley), and Fiona Shaw (Lady Catherine de Bourg). Hopey Parish and Hollie Avery make their debuts as Mary Bennet and Kitty Bennet, respectively.
Additional new cast members are Anjana Vasan, Sebastian Armesto, Rosie Cavaliero, Saffron Coomber, James Dryden, Justin Edwards, James Northcote, Eloise Webb, and Isabella Sermon. They join previously announced stars Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden, and Olivia Colman, who lead Pride and Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy and Mrs. Bennet, respectively.
"Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story and I feel very lucky that I get to be a part of it," Alderton said. "Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is the blueprint for romantic comedy--it has been a joy to delve back into its pages to find both familiar and fresh ways of bringing this beloved book to life."