During shooting, she kept on surprising me.

She has a lively mind and a great sense of humor.

When I met Keira, I realized that she asks questions of herself and other people, and is really a tomboy. I figured Lizzie would be quite difficult to live with she's tough-minded and questions everything all the time. I was looking for someone who didn't fit the normal feminine conventions, and was bright and slightly difficult. I originally hadn't considered someone as beautiful as Keira. The spirited and intelligent Elizabeth, however, strives to live her life with a broader perspective, as encouraged by her doting father (Donald Sutherland). The five Bennet sisters–Elizabeth, or Lizzie (Keira Knightley), Jane (Rosamund Pike), Lydia (Jena Malone), Mary (Talulah Riley), and Kitty (Carey Mulligan)–have been raised aware of their mother's (Brenda Blethyn) fixation on finding them husbands and securing set futures. The classic tale of love and misunderstanding unfolds in class-conscious England near the end of the eighteenth century. Faithful to the setting and period of the beloved novel and filmed entirely on location in the U.K, this is the first movie version of the story in 65 years. The world of Jane Austen is depicted on the big screen in all its romance, wit, and emotional force in Pride & Prejudice.

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