What. Ever.
When it comes to cinema, Jane Austen’s literary canon gets mined nearly as often as Shakespeare’s. Now, the author of “Pride and Prejudice,” “Emma” and “Sense and Sensibility” is once again due to get some big-screen love with “Becoming Jane,” a biopic that portrays her complicated pre-fame romance with impoverished Irishman Tom Lefroy and stars Anne Hathaway. “She’s a girl who is financially very dependent on her choice of husband,” Hathaway said of the Austen she’s seeking to capture. “She doesn’t have enough money. She’s not an heiress, so she won’t inherit [any money], so there’s a lot of pressure on her. But she has bigger plans for herself: She wants to write. Then, much to her surprise, she ends up falling in love with a poor man.” That role is played by James McAvoy, better known as Mr. Tumnus from “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Although the 23-year-old Hathaway has admitted to fears that her performance as Austen will not measure up to the lofty expectations of Janeites, she is convinced that director Julian Jarrold (”Kinky Boots”) will steer the currently shooting flick toward a successful 2007 launch.
Well, there’s a bit of news in there: 2007 release. (What did we tell you? Huh?) But still: Made Up Story! We suspect that the real story had a lot less to do with money than they seem to think.
June 25th, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Although the 23-year-old Hathaway has admitted to fears that her performance as Austen will not measure up to the lofty expectations of Janeites!!
That means her perfomnce isn’t good in the movie?
June 25th, 2006 at 11:49 pm
If that quote represents the précis of the movie, God help us.