Director Joe Wright managed to cast Dame Judi Dench reportedly by writing her a letter saying "I love it when you play a bitch," and petitioned Donald Sutherland to take the part of Mr. Bennet. As Wright said in an interview in 2005, "We ended up having a long e-mail correspondence about everything from eighteenth century agriculture to my relationship with my father. I cast Donald a) because he's a god, and b) because you needed someone of that strength to handle those six women." On a similar note, he mentioned he was "reluctant" to cast Simon Woods as Mr. Bingley, as he had previously been in a relationship with Rosamund Pike: "I tried very hard not to cast Simon, but I knew he was perfect. Finally I rang Ros and asked if she'd mind, and she said, 'Absolutely not.' They hadn't seen each other for two years, but the next day they were dancing together. It was lovely."

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