Alongside Atkinson, the cast includes Gillian Anderson, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike and Daniel Kaluuya.

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The other Bennet sisters will include Rosamund Pike, who starred in James Bond's latest film, as the eldest sister Jane, and US actress Jena Malone as Lydia, the youngest.

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