Mr. Bingley´s lovely faces.

“Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. “

(“Pride and prejudice”, Chapter 3)

“Socially, Mr. Bingley is not as sure footed as Darcy. He comes from a family that only made its money one or two generations before so they have a more delicate social position. His sister is very aggressive because she feels threatened by her roots”.

(Joe Wright, Director)

My Jane looks well, does she not?
She does indeed.

“This was all improvised, this little section. It was a much shorter section but Simon did it so well that we extended it”.

(Joe Wright, Director)

“He is just what a young man ought to be,” said she, “sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners! so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!”

(“Pride and prejudice”, Chapter 4)

“There is something of the ridiculous in Darcy and there is a bit of darkness, which Lizzie punctures so cleverly. I just had a bash and hoped for the best.” 

(Matthew Macfadyen)

“Pride and prjeudice” on set diaries.

“My first thought was that I wanted to cast all the actors at the ages that Austen wrote them. The emotions only seemed real to me when they were experienced by very young people. And that was really the first decision I made. I wanted to make something that is about young people experiencing these emotions for the first time and not understanding the feelings they are having.”

(Joe Wright, Director)

“Joe encouraged his actors to try different approaches to their scenes. He goes:`Lovely, lovely, that was lovely´. And then he tells you: `It was crap in a really lovely way´. I remember that: `the lovely man´.”

(Simon Woods, Mr. Bingley)