Matt Smith: I’m hoping that what they’ll take away is-well I just hope they have fun, really. Question: What are you hoping that audiences, mainly students that are fans of Jane Austen, what are you hoping they’ll take away from such a modern twist on a very classic story? It has been done and near perfectly a few times as well so it’s kind of cool for them to like just see it in a different way. Matt Smith: And also they’ve probably seen it done so many times. Look, it’s just-Jane Austen’s all about female empowerment and this film is too and it just has a cynical expression because we get to beat the crap out of zombies so there you go. It’s been done very, very well and I think it’s always interesting, especially if you love something to see it done in a different way and what we all found was kind of crazy was that put something so, so surreal and strange as zombies in Pride & Prejudice and somehow some of like the scenes and relationships in the book become heightened, become really clear, like Liz Bennet gets to beat the crap out of Darcy which is really a sort of a physical expression of all her sexual frustration and I mean that’s a very basic analysis but it was just interesting how the zombies kind of contributed.īella Heathcote: Yes. Lily James: Well, I think that there’s been a lot of Pride & Prejudice’s before in the past. But how do you sell the concept of & Zombies to those Austen purists?
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Question: A lot of people will go see a movie if it has the words Pride & Prejudice. It’s bizarre how it works and it’s rare that you get a script that you sort of love that much. Lily James: I thought it sounded terrible and then I read it and thought it was wonderful. But I had heard of the book because it was a New York Times best seller so a lot of my American friends were big fans of it so I’d heard of it but I hadn’t read it. And I loved the film as well so all’s well that ends well.ĭouglas Booth: Quite surprised. Lily James: Yes, I was pretty surprised, I thought how could this possibly work and then I read it and I loved it. Matt Smith: I think, actually, it’s quite interesting if you add zombies to any story, somehow it makes the stakes more dynamic and then we picked up-well I picked up the script and I read it and I thought it was an interesting spin on a classic tale. Question: How surprised were you when you saw the title? The Oakland Post participated in a college conference call with four of the actors from the film (Matt Smith, Lily James, Douglas Booth and Bella Heathcote) and they shared their experience making the movie. Based on the New York Times bestseller, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies takes Jane Austen’s timeless story of love and power, and adds zombies.
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