Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford
Acting
Hayley Atwell's Mary Crawford—charming, modern, devastating.
Costume
Fanny's plain dresses versus Mary's statement sleeves.
Writing
Streamlined plot that sacrifices theology for chemistry.
Director
Iain B. MacDonald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Billie Piper was fresh off Doctor Who and reportedly had never read Austen before filming. The production leaned into her natural energy rather than book-Fanny's passivity.
This ITV adaptation sparked debates about 'sexing up' Austen—though the Crawfords' flirtation is canon, the 2007 version makes Fanny complicit in her own desire, which purists hated.
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