Exclusive: Dónal Finn, Ella Bruccoleri, and Laurie Davidson talk BritBox's The Other Bennett Sister
Hitting BritBox on May 6 is The Other Bennett Sister, an adaptation of the 2020 novel of the same name by Janice Hadlow, and a continuation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The ten-part series is adapted by Sarah Quintrell and based around the character Mary Bennet from the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice.
The cast includes Ella Bruccoleri (Mary), Indira Varma (Mrs. Gardiner), Richard Coyle (Mr. Gardiner), Varada Sethu (Baxter), Richard E. Grant (Mr. Bennet), Ruth Jones (Mrs. Bennet), Tanya Reynolds (Caroline Bingley), Ryan Sampson (Mr. Collins), Donal Finn (Mr. Hayward), Poppy Gilbert (Lizzie), Laurie Davidson (Mr. Ryder), Grace Hogg-Robinson (Lydia), Maddie Close (Jane), Molly Wright (Kitty), Anna Fenton-Garvey (Charlotte Lucas), Reggie Absolom (George), Aaron Gill, Roisin Bhalla, and Jasmine Sharp.
Ella Bruccoleri (Ludwig, Call the Midwife) stars as one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters: Mary Bennet - the seemingly unremarkable and overlooked middle sister in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The series follows Mary as she steps out of her sisters’ shadows in search of her own identity and purpose – finding herself in the middle of an epic love story along the way. Her journey will see her leave her family home in Meryton for the soirees of Regency London and the peaks and vales of the Lake District, all in search of independence, self-love and reinvention.
Sarah Quintrell (The Power, Ellen) wrote nine of the ten half-hour episodes, with Maddie Dai (We Were Dangerous) writing one episode. The series, which was filmed in Wales, is directed by Jennifer Sheridan (Extraordinary) and Asim Abbasi (Cake).
Blackfilmandtv.com's Wilson Morales talks to Dónal Finn, Ella Bruccoleri, and Laurie Davidson on BritBox's The Other Bennett Sister
