She's matured since Season 1 and could no longer fit that innocent Austen heroine mold, and also to contrast and show how far the character had come. But obviously, we couldn't directly use - it's not a spoiler to say there's no madwoman in his attic.Īs for the introduction of Alison ( Rosie Graham) to the lead cast, the writers felt it was essential to have a wide-eyed character to contrast against Charlotte. We like to kind of be a little bit literary. She created other characters, from the noble to the not-so-noble, who were soldiers if you know her other novels. It felt like bringing a soldier was something Jane would have done.

It felt like bringing in the army was such an obvious move because it would allow us to bring in a whole range of characters.

Young agreed that the two men, who are the ones who will be fighting for Charlotte's affections, had their roots in literary heroes of the time, the classic war hero red coat and the tortured emotional man saddled with children in need of raising. Part of that comes from the new heroes, Alexander Colbourne, played by Ben Lloyd-Hughes, and Colonel Francis Lennox, played by Tom Weston-Jones. Speaking at the Television Critics Association panel on Season 2, series writer Justin Young told the assembled reporters, 'I think in some ways Season 2 maybe feels more classically Jane Austen than Season 1.' Keeping in the spirit of things, Charlotte would return to the seaside town of Sanditon in Season 2, with her now marriage-aged little sister in tow, and be greeted by a bevy of suitors to choose from. And Sanditon, for all that it is based on the unfinished Austen novel, did try for a level of realism in its first season, tackling such subjects as sexual abuse by powerful men and the casual racism of the British upper classes. He put out a statement wishing the production well, but it was clear his time at the seaside town was over.īut though it is a hallmark of Jane Austen that her heroines fall in love and marry their first true love, things aren't so straightforward in real life. Actor Theo James was already cast as the lead in the BBC/HBO co-production The Time Traveler's Wife, which was in the middle of filming. Though the show was returning with stars Rose Williams and Crystal Clark as Charlotte Heywood and Georgiana Lambe, Sanditon's leading man, Sidney Parker (Charlotte's beau and Georgiana's guardian), would not. But into every life, a little rain must fall. When Sanditon Season 2 was announced in the spring of 2021, the fandom was shocked and overjoyed.

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