Lily promises Zombie treat for Jane Austen fans

LONDON: Actress Lily James is confident Jane Austen fans will warm to “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” a gory variation on the classic English novel, despite her own initial reservations about the project. The film, based on a 2009 New York Times bestselling book, sees the Bennet sisters don swords to fight the undead, in a wacky take on Austen’s story of love and social class in 19th century England.
“I ... probably (had) a reaction that many people will have, which is ‘Oh what? No!’” James told Reuters. “And honestly when I read the script, it was so brilliant, and it’s clever, and it’s funny and it’s scary and ... at the heart of it is still this story.”