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Ella Bruccoleri on Making an Austen Heroine Out of Mary Bennet in ‘The Other Bennet Sister’: “I Think It’s Quite an Affirming Watch”

The Hollywood Reporter·@LilyFord·2 months ago
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By Lily Ford Ella Bruccoleri sheepishly admits to not being much of a Jane Austen fan growing up. “We were just more of a Brontë family,” begins the English actress to The Hollywood Reporter. “And because I’m from North Yorkshire, that was the world that felt more familiar to me.” The weather is just starting to brighten here in London after a dismal winter, which makes the arrival of the BBC and BritBox‘s The Other Bennet Sister decidedly apt. The show, from writer Sarah Quintrell, adapts Janice Hadlow’s bestseller about the forgotten Bennet sister of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The final product is refreshing, airy, and promises a satisfying character bloom for this neglected wallflower. It’s Bruccoleri’s first time at the top of the call sheet — a responsibility she hasn’t taken lightly — and thankfully, the Call the Midwife, Down Cemetery Road, and Bridgerton star is hooked on the 18th-century writer now.…

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