(light classical music) - My character, Charlotte Heywood, is a country girl.
She's from the land.
She's grown up on a farm.
She's the eldest of 12, she's got 11 brothers and sisters.
We meet her in her home when she's kind of, I think she's ready to branch out and escape.
She's in a field shooting rabbits when a mysterious carriage trundles along a country lane and she looks across and thinks, "Oh, who's that?".
- I insist you must come and sample the delights of Sanditon without delay.
- Oh, papa, might I go?
(people shouting goodbyes) - Charlotte Heywood is not focused on getting married.
We've seen Elizabeth Bennet, who has very strong opinions on marriage and is, you know, a real gutsy girl.
But Charlotte is a step in a more modern direction in the sense that she's interested in work, she's practical, she's interested in architecture.
She's drawn to Sanditon through her inspiration as opposed to her wanting to go to a fashionable seaside resort to find a man.
So in that sense, it's very modern.
- You just can't help it, can you?
Speaking your mind, standing up for yourself.
- You insisted upon hearing my honest opinion, ma'am.
She's not afraid of these male characters or imposing matriarchal character like Lady Denham, she's not afraid to stand up and say, "I'm not looking for a husband, actually."
That's what I love about this character so much.
I probably share a bit of a naive boldness to Charlotte.
Sometimes I do speak before I think and the desire to kind of go further afield and explore the world.
I think I share that with Charlotte too.
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