PRIDE AND PREJUDICE to film in Stamford during August
An undated news item on the Stamford Arts Centre site reports that PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will be filming in Stamford in August.
Top actress Keira Knightley heads the star-studded cast which will descend on the town later this year to make a new version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
The outside of the arts centre will feature in the film.
Plans are already under way to adapt streets and close roads while the town is turned into a film set for four days in August.
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Speculation is already mounting in Stamford as rumours of big names in the film world are said to lined up for other parts.But this week film producers were remaining tight-tipped. A spokes-man for Working Title said no other details could yet be released, but did say it was unlikely local people would be recruited as ‘extras’.
Another item on the Peterborough Today Web site contains a call for extras to audition for the scenes to be shot in Stamford:
Casting teams from Working Title, which is producing the film, will be at Burghley Park on Thursday, in an open audition to find more than 400 extras.
Candy Marlowe, assistant director of the film, said male and female extras from Peterborough and Stamford were needed for scenes which will be shot in Stamford in August.
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