Rupert penry jones persuasion

As the literary purist here at Frock Flicks, I fell on the grenade that is the Netflix attempt at Persuasion (2022). I was supremely irritated at the trailer when it threw out these bold claims: An…

Netflix recently came out with a new adaptation of Persuasion and I wanted to love it. Netflix has done some really solid stuff in recent years and I love a good Austen adaptation. But ultimately I was extremely disappointed with this movie because it tried to be two separate movies and it failed at both. This is going to contain spoilers, so if you haven't read the book, or watched the movie and you don't want spoilers, go do that first. Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth at the beginning…

It was revealed by Variety on Tuesday that the actress, 31, would be part of the streaming service's 'modern and witty' take on the classic novel.

Rupert Penry-Jones, as Captain Wentworth, inthe 2007 version of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Even after 8 years, after being rejected as a possible mate for being too poor, Captain Wentworth comes back and tries to woo his old love, Anne Eliot, but of course there are complications. Who WOULDN'T want to marry this guy?!?!

Free audiobook recordings of Persuasion can be found at librivox.org Persuasion As an adult who has been heartbroken this story speaks to me. It's not my favorite Austen, perhaps because I usually lean towards the lighter happier stories for escape. Yet, this story has more depth, and when I'm ready for a quiet evening of introspection I put in Persuasion. I do love this story. Persuasion is a story that seems to appeal to a slightly older audience. I'm not selecting an age, it's more of a…

The self-styled ‘Soho House Boy’ – after the London private members’ club where he was a mainstay until 2am every night – was thrown out of drama school, worked as a model in Milan and dated Kylie Minogue for nine months.

There's no denying Penry-Jones is a heart-throb but while most of his other pretty boy contemporaries have moved to Hollywood, he's still here.

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