Left to right, Dónal Finn, Ella Bruccoleri and Laurie Davidson star in "The Other Bennet Sister," which is now streaming. Photo courtesy of BritBox
NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- Young Sherlock and Wheel of Time alum Donal Finn says he was excited that he and Will actor Laurie Davidson had the chance to create fresh new characters in the Jane Austen universe for the BritBox drama, The Other Bennet Sister.
Led by show-runner Sarah Quintrell, the 10-part adaptation of Janice Hadlow's novel follows Mary, the oft-overlooked sister (Ella Bruccoleri) of Regency-era heroines Elizabeth and Jane Bennet from Austen's 19th-century classic, Pride & Prejudice.
After her father (Richard E. Grant) dies and her mother (Ruth Jones) moves in with Jane (Maddie Clos), spinster Mary leaves her bucolic countryside cottage for busy London to serve as governess to the three precocious children of the Gardiners, her aunt and uncle (Indira Varma and Richard Coyle).
There, she has the opportunity to re-invent herself.
