Me and my gf were talking abt good castings for Sir Walter Elliot and she suggested Jack Black and I was like "Jack Black could do any Bennet. Jack Black could do ALL the Bennets" so now my ideal P+P has Jack Black as the entire Bennet family, or at least Mrs. Bennet
Further thoughts on Jack Black as Mrs. Bennet
He is not in drag.
He is wearing a dress and a bonnet.
He is the only one who seems unaware/does not acknowledge that the 5 Bennet sisters are obviously adopted
bonus points if they're cast race-blind so they're OBVIOUSLY adopted
It's played straight that Jack Black was a renowned beauty in his day, which is how he snared a genteel husband
He is the only cast member not required to do a British accent
He is in fact encouraged to do a bad British accent but only sometimes
The bonnet that Jack Black wears is possibly the most ostentatious bonnet anyone has ever seen HOWEVER
Each time the camera cuts away and back, Jack Black is wearing a different bonnet.
A significant portion of the costume budget should go towards Jack Black's various bonnets
Mr. Bennet can wear the same outfit for the entire film that's in character for him
The changing bonnet gag is absolutely key to this film
@canolaaoil
[ID: tags reading "every time they cut back it's a different bonnet BUT it gets bigger each time" end ID]
YOU GET IT
Im WEEPING
@seatidesofthesoul you are one of several people tumblr has just decided I can’t message 🥲 but you definitely need to see this lol
@thebibliosphere
Every scene where Mary is implied to be playing the piano poorly is now replaced with her absolutely shredding the keys while Mrs Bennet stands swaying in the crowd with a candle held aloft.
If anyone reading this has contact with Jack Black, PLEASE send it to him. I think he's the only person that would be more into this than anyone else in this post chain.
By the end the bonnet is so big that Jack black does not need to wear any clothes, only the bonnet
He has BECOME the bonnet
