“The establishment of England was looking across the Channel at the French Revolution and wondering how it might affect them. The upper classes were frightened, and made the decision to assimilate more with the lower classes. Hence, the Assembly Rooms dances in village halls, which people of Darcy and Bingley’s class would now attend. There, they would mingle with people they wouldn’t previously have ever met socially. It was a whole new era for society. For young women, this was very exciting like, say, Prince William turning up at a High Street disco. Suddenly, marriage prospects were widened. Bingley handles all this well, whereas his sister Caroline is horrified by the idea of associating with these kind of people.”

(Joe Wright, Director)

“Right now, Keira is running like a sprinter through that hallway, just behind there, you´ve just missed her, to get to her next position. Everyone´s running from one position to another behind the scenes. And then trying to look calm when they get there”.

(Joe Wright, Director)

“Pride is the closest thing I’ve done to one of my dad’s puppet shows because of the energy and the atmosphere. Whenever I cast a character, I think, `How would I make a puppet of them?´ My mum always dressed the witches in red, so you’ll notice Caroline Bingley is wearing green and red in the film, and I really like the way the Bennets live in a house surrounded by a moat. It’s like five virgins living on an island”.

(Joe Wright, Director)

Caroline: How shall we punish him for such a speech?

Lizzy: We could laugh at him.

Caroline: No. Mr. Darcy is not to be teased.

Lizzy: Are you too proud, Mr. Darcy? And would you consider pride a fault or a virtue?

Pride and prejudice London premiere.

What interesting relatives you have, Miss Elizabeth.

The “lovely” lady, Miss Caroline Bingley.

“That´s another one of my favourite shots. I love this bit. The costumes here, I think, are so beautiful.

And you see the Bennet girls’ costumes in contrast to the Bingleys’, and Netherfield as a house, and you get an idea of their social status. I always think Mary looks a bit like a bat”.

(Joe Wright, Director)

Charles, you cannot be serious.

She actually says, “George, you cannot be serious”. She got his name wrong. But we dubbed over it.

(Joe Wright, Director)

Two miserable men and one happy lady.

“Austen wrote the first draft of the story in 1797, and it wasn’t published until 1811. I felt that the earlier period looked more interesting, it was a more interesting period socially and therefore those social changes were reflected in everything including costumes. The Empire Lines were just coming in, so high society such as Caroline Bingley, would be wearing an Empire Line dress. Whereas the Bennet girls might not be, so the waistlines could be a little lower. And it’s true I thought the Empire Line dresses, especially when they’re made of muslin, they would make you blow out like a balloon and looked quite unflattering. But really it was a decision made on the basis of the social changes at the time”.

(Joe Wright, Director)

We can´t forget this nice lady.