James McAvoy's Acceptance Speech at the People's Choice Awards
Scroll down half-way to stream the clip - that accent should come with a health warning attached, I think. ;)
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Jane Austen was born on
Cast:
Anne Hathaway - Jane Austen
James McAvoy - Tom Lefroy
Julie Walters - Mrs. Austen
James Cromwell - Revd. George Austen (Jane's father)
Maggie Smith - Lady Gresham
Anna Maxwell Martin - Cassandra Austen
Joe Anderson - Henry Austen
Lucy Cohu - Eliza de Feullide
Laurence Fox - Mr. Wisley
Philip Culhane - George Austen (Jane's brother)
Ian Richardson – Judge Langlois
Leo Bill – John Warren
Jessica Ashworth – Lucy Lefroy
Eleanor Methven – Mrs. Lefroy
Michael James Ford – Mr. Lefroy
Sophie Vavasseur – Jane Lefroy
Helen McCrory – Ann Radcliffe
Julian Jarrold - Director
Graham Broadbent, Robert Bernstein, & Douglas Rae - Producer
Adrian Johnston - Soundtrack
Kevin Hood & Sarah Williams - Screenplay writers
Eigil Bryld - Cinematography
Jane Gibson - Choreography
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh - Costume
Gail Stevens & Gillian Reynolds - Casting
Jon Spence,
McAvoy knew his portrait of Tom could only come alive with the right Jane, and he found Anne Hathaway almost supernaturally suited for the part. “I don’t think we could have chosen anyone better to play Jane Austen," he says.
Jane Austen’s greatest love story was her own
‘I’m yours, Jane, heart and soul!’
~ Tom Lefroy to Jane Austen, ‘Becoming Jane’
Anything is to be preferred or endured rather than marrying without affection – JA,
Nothing can be compared to the misery of being bound without Love, bound to one, & preferring another – JA,
To be so bent on marriage, to pursue a man merely for the sake of situation – is a sort of thing that shocks me.
The film Becoming Jane has given us an image of Jane Austen that liberates our imagination. I envy readers of my book who come to it with Anne Hathaway’s image of Jane in their mind’s eye. You will not have to struggle against the image Cassandra created to see the Jane Austen who was young and pretty, lively and in love. Anne Hathaway’s skilful portrayal of Jane Austen in Becoming Jane shows that art can have as much power to bring us closer to the truth as facts themselves can.
Jon Spence,
5 comments:
Why did I absolutely 'have to' watch that clip TWICE? Well, you know....
Linda the Librarian
Actually you don’t need to watch the same clip over and over and over again :- ))
You can hear more of his lovely scottish accent by selecting ‘Awards Show’ on main navigation bar and then ‘Fan Question for Becoming Jane’ …ENJOY!
Oh that is just evil! ;) telling me to watch the clip when I am at work where my computer absolutely suck and is without sound (nobody knows why, but there it is!)! *growl*
/ love from maria in sweden.
Uh, am with a very snail-speed internet, so hope this goes out.
Thanks to SK Barn too for informing us of the news, though Michelle's warp-speed fingers are much faster than mine (but thankfully for that!).
And here's the link to YouTube, some of the clips are available already there:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLqDO0zeWwc
Michelle, can you upload the YouTube here in the post as well? I have difficulties with the upload. Thanks mate!
Oh yes, one needed to watch the clips more than once. I cannot get enough. I long for my BJ-dvd and to see Atonement!
What do you think about being a sex symbol? I don't know that I am a sex symbol. I don't know that I am a sex symbol. Generally the only time that I feel like I might appear to others that I might be sexy is when I've had too much to drink. aw he's the sweetest! ;) (looking at the fanquestioning)
Ok take care!
/love Maria in Sweden
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