Sense and Sensibility (1995) starring Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant
Lisa and David Campbell return to the Austenverse to discuss the 1995 Academy Award–winning Sense and Sensibility, sharing their history with it, why they find it faithful, richly detailed, and timeless, and how its stacked cast elevates the adaptation. They open with Austen-adjacent news about rumoured James Bond contenders with Austenverse ties (Jack Lowden, Callum Turner, Josh O’Connor, plus speculation about Jacob Elordi) and react to the large response to their Alexander Skarsgård-as-Wentworth debate. Using Emma Thompson’s published script and diary, they cover Ang Lee’s directing approach and on-set challenges, Emma Thompson’s career run and writing process, changes made to expand Edward Ferrars, JASNA’s initial objections to Hugh Grant, and the impact—and handling—of Grant’s 1995 scandal, alongside notes from Alan Rickman’s diaries and a discussion of age-related casting choices.



