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Lucy Briers

Lucy Briers

Actress

Jun 22, 2026

speaker_0HOST
8:15
Yeah.
8:15
You know? And I mean, the one thing that I did in "Pride and Prejudice," which ki- in the 1995 version, which isn't really in the book, but, um...
8:27
And I had this kind of idea, and I talked it through with the director and the producer, and they kind of went, "That's, yes, let's go with that," is that I decided that Mary would try and make a play for Mr. Collins.

6 MINS LATER

speaker_0HOST
14:33
Yeah.
14:33
Um, so, um, it was a lot of fun.
14:35
I had been out of drama school for probably about 18 months, and I'd, I had quite a lot of debt 'cause I was doing a lot of, like, rep theater and touring.
14:45
And then I got this job, and I was on a very handsome weekly rate.
14:50
I couldn't quite believe it at the time.

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