lukis played mr wickham in the 1995 pride and prejudice tv series.
who plays mr wickham in the 1995 pride and prejudice tv series?
lukis
the producers found crispin bonham-carter to have the best physical contrast to firth's darcy and gave him his first major television role as the good-natured and wealthy mr charles bingley. bonham-carter had originally auditioned for the part of mr george wickham, a handsome militia lieutenant whose charm conceals his licentiousness and greed, but adrian lukis was cast instead. anna chancellor, of "four weddings and a funeral" fame, played mr bingley's sister caroline bingley. (chancellor is also jane austen's six-times-great-niece) mr bingley's other sister and his brother-in-law were played by lucy robinson (louisa hurst) and rupert vansittart (mr hurst). casting the role of darcy's young sister, georgiana, proved hard as the producers were looking for a young actress who appeared innocent, proud and yet shy, had class and could also play the piano. after auditioning over 70 actresses, simon langton suggested emilia fox, the real-life daughter of joanna david (mrs gardiner), for the part. barbara leigh-hunt was cast as darcy's meddling aunt, lady catherine de bourgh, without auditions or screen tests.
pride and prejudice (1995 tv series)
episode 3: elizabeth is stunned and appalled when she learns that charlotte lucas has accepted a proposal from mr collins. when the netherfield party departs for london in autumn, jane stays with her modest london relatives, the gardiners, but she soon notices that the bingleys ignore her. after befriending mr wickham, elizabeth departs for the collinses' home in kent in the spring. they live near rosings, the estate of the formidable lady catherine de bourgh, and as lady catherine is darcy's aunt, elizabeth meets darcy several times. shortly after elizabeth learns of darcy's direct responsibility for jane and bingley's separation, darcy unexpectedly proposes to her, expressing his ardent admiration and love despite elizabeth's inferior family connections. elizabeth flatly rejects him, noting his arrogant, disagreeable, and proud character, and his involvement in her sister's failed romance and mr wickham's misfortune.
pride and prejudice (1995 tv series)