“She’s unspeakable,” Dench says of her character. “She’s autocratic, suspicious, and pretty tricky; she wants Darcy to marry her own daughter. I knew the book well. Do you know, it was written when Jane Austen was so young. Then she put it in a drawer and left it there for years…It is a masterpiece and a great love story. I was pleased to be offered the part, and I wanted very much to work with Joe. He is 33 years old, and it’s very nice when you’re my age to be asked by somebody so young to do something for him. He has integrity.” 

“She’s unspeakable,” Dench says of her character. “She’s autocratic, suspicious, and pretty tricky; she wants Darcy to marry her own daughter. I knew the book well. Do you know, it was written when Jane Austen was so young. Then she put it in a drawer and left it there for years…It is a masterpiece and a great love story. I was pleased to be offered the part, and I wanted very much to work with Joe. He is 33 years old, and it’s very nice when you’re my age to be asked by somebody so young to do something for him. He has integrity.” 

(Source: pemberley-state-of-mind)

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