EXCLUSIVE: Jasmine Blackborow (The Gentlemen) is the newest addition to the cast of Pride and Prejudice, Netflix‘s series adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austen.
Blackborow will play Charlotte Lucas, the closest friend of lead character Elizabeth Bennet, played by Emma Corrin. Production is underway in the UK now. As previously announced, Jack Lowden, Olivia Colman, and Rufus Sewell are set for the roles of Mr. Darcy, Mrs. Bennet, and Mr. Bennet.
Austen’s second novel, published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice follows Elizabeth Bennet (Corrin), an unmarried woman and the second of five daughters of Mr. (Sewell) and Mrs. Bennet (Colman) from Hertfordshire, near London. Their home can only be inherited by males in the family, so the daughters must marry well or risk losing everything. While out in society, Elizabeth interacts with single men such as Mr. Darcy (Lowden), an outwardly curmudgeon who is misunderstood. The novel tackled the issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency.
Netflix’s six-part limited series will also feature Freya Mavor, Rhea Norwood, Hollie Avery and Hopey Parish as the other Bennet sisters, Louis Partridge as Mr. Wickham, Jamie Demetriou as Mr. Collins, Daryl McCormack as Mr. Bingley, Siena Kelly as his sister Caroline, Fiona Shaw as Lady Catherine de Bourg, and Liz Kingsman as Anne de Bourgh.
The period drama is written by Dolly Alderton (Everything I Know About Love) and directed by Euros Lyn (Heartstopper), who executive produces with Corrin, Laura Lankester, Will Johnston and Louise Mutter for Lookout Point. Lisa Osborne produces.
Soon to be seen reprising her role as Charlotte in Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen, Blackborow previously played the Princesse de Lamballe in Series 1 and 2 of Marie Antoinette for CAPA Drama, Banijay Studios France, the BBC and Canal+. Upcoming, she also has Neil Forsyth’s gang drama series Legends for Netflix, as well as the film Moss and Freud, which will be shown at festivals this year, and Odyssey from British director Gerard Johnson, which has just played SXSW and Cannes.
Blackborow is repped by Hermione Halpin at Accelerate.
