I am an avid reader of the Dailymail (shoot me now) and why I never thought of posting this news sooner I'll never know.
Laurence Fox (Becoming Jane) and Billie Piper (Mansfield Park 2007) tied the knot in a romantic, quintessential English wedding on New Year's Eve. Congratulations to the happy couple! They look so lovely together.
Read the full article with pictures here. :-)
Pic: Billie Piper & Laurence Fox from: The Dailymail
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We are rolling a petition to reprint Nadia Radovici’s 1995 book titled ‘A Youthful Love: Jane Austen & Tom Lefroy?’ that is currently out of print. Please sign for the Radovici's Jane Austen & Tom Lefroy Petition and spread the words! Thanks a lot!
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,
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I also saw that Joe Wright (director of P&P) and Rosamund Pike (Jane Bennet) are engaged.
I liked Wisley. Conrgats!
Hey, I LOVE Wisley! Dont get me wrong, I think Jane still should be with Tom. But Wisley was a good person in his own right.
Why, congratulations! (also to Joe and Rosamund!).
While we are on this congratulations line- congrats to Joe Wright (director of P+P) for Atonement winning best film at the Golden Globes last night and of course starring James McAvoy (our very own Tom Lefroy)
Indeed!!! Kudos! Atonement won two Golden Globe awards, one for the Best Picture, and also for the Best Original Score. I really envy you guys who have seen it, I can only see it in the DVD... (unless I can get a 90inch TV or something...).
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