Everything The Cast Of Netflix's Pride And Prejudice Has Said About The New Series

The Crown’s Emma Corrin and Slow Horses’ Jack Lowden will play Lizzy and Darcy in the much-hyped adaptation.

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It’s been a great year for fans of Jane Austen. First, cosy TV drama The Other Bennet sister delighted us on the BBC, and then came the big-screen adaptation of Sense And Sensibility starring Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Now, Netflix has a treat for audiences looking for something to warm their hearts on a cold winter’s evening.

In December, the streamer is giving fans a new Pride And Prejudice adaptation in the form of a six-part series. With a star-studded cast, an award-winning writer and a director at the helm who definitely knows his way around on-screen romance, we can’t wait to spend some time in Pemberley, yearning over this new spin on Darcy and Lizzy’s romance.

Here’s everything we know about the six-part limited series so far…

What is Pride And Prejudice about?

Written in 1813, Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice centres on the lives of wealthy people in rural 19th-century England.

The story focuses on Mrs Bennet, who is looking for husbands for her five daughters. Their family home can only be passed on to a male heir, so one of their daughters must marry.

When a rich young man, Mr Bingley, rents the nearby estate, he pursues the eldest Bennet sister, Jane. But the main drama comes when Bingley’s rich-yet-aloof friend, Mr Darcy, rudely snubs Elizabeth Bennet, declaring her “not handsome enough” to interest him.

Pride And Prejudice predominantly follows the misadventures and miscommunication between Elizabeth and Darcy, while also exploring societal pressures and class prejudice, as well as posing questions about love and marriage.

Who will play Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy in Netflix’s Pride And Prejudice?

Emma Corrin, who first rose to fame for playing a young Princess Diana in The Crown, will don the bonnet to play Elizabeth Bennet in Netflix’s new take on the Austen classic.

In a September 2026 feature with Vogue, the series’ writer, Dolly Alderton, praised Emma, saying they have “really held up the whole show”.

“[Emma has] been in almost every day of the shoot and they always have so much energy, a smile for everyone; they’re always on their lines,” she told the outlet.

“They’ve never complained, even when they were so cold in the Peak District and had to walk around with a hot water bottle attached to them the next day. They’ve deep-dived into the book and embodied Lizzy so fully.”

Dolly was similarly effusive in an interview with Vanity Fair, claiming: “Emma can balance that very difficult Lizzy combination of emotional depth and vulnerability and wit and sharpness.

“Emma’s a very, very, very intelligent person, and I think that’s what you need for Lizzy.”

Meanwhile, Slow Horses actor Jack Lowden will play Fitzwilliam Darcy, one of English literature’s most iconic characters.

Dolly said she felt confident early on that Jack was the right person to play Mr Darcy, who initially acts cold and snobby towards Elizabeth, until she visits him at his estate, in more comfortable surroundings, when we discover new sides to him.

“You have to see a lot of complexity, which means that when we see the real him – when we visit him in Pemberley and we see his gentleness and his loyalty and his protectiveness and his kindness – he doesn’t suddenly feel like a stranger,” she told the magazine.

Dolly added that, when casting Mr Darcy, “you need a really, really robust actor”, explaining: “You need a really, really muscular actor. That’s what Jack is. And of course, he is also all those things that we need Darcy to be: He’s handsome, he’s sexy, he’s masculine, he’s gallant.

“So it was a no-brainer, really.”

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