‘Pride & Prejudice’ hit spinoff ‘The Other Bennet Sister’ stars are famous ‘among mom’s friends’

Step aside, Mr. Darcy. 

A caller “Pride and Prejudice” spinoff, “The Other Bennet Sister,” has go 1 of nan most viewed BBC shows successful nan UK complete nan past year, but that doesn’t mean nan star’s of nan show are emotion nan effect successful their existent life.

Series prima Laurie Davidson exclusively joked to Page Six that nan show’s viral fame hasn’t changed his life, arsenic he’s only getting recognized “among my mom’s friends.” 

Davidson, 34, quipped, “I don’t deliberation things person changed, it’s not for illustration I’m stepping down nan thoroughfare and taxi drivers outcry [commentary astir nan show]. Maybe that’ll happen!”  

Based connected a caller by Janice Hadlow, “The Other Bennet Sister” — which is streaming now connected BritBox — follows Elizabeth Bennet’s sister Mary (Ella Bruccoleri) aft nan events of “Pride and Prejudice.”

With each 4 of her siblings joined off, Mary goes connected her ain escapade to London, and ends up successful a emotion triangle pinch nan earnest Tom Hayward (Donal Finn) and nan cheerful William Ryder (Davidson).

Finn, 30, exclusively told Page Six that since they play Austen heroes, they wanted to “reward” fans pinch classical Darcy style moments.

He noted iconic moments specified arsenic Matthew Macfadyen’s celebrated manus flex successful nan 2005 type “Pride & Prejudice” and Colin Firth’s celebrated bedewed garment scene, arsenic he steps retired of a reservoir successful nan 1995 BBC miniseries. 

He explained that nan show was “aware of what’s travel before,” and they wanted to “pay homage to those moments” without emotion “overly landed on” and “getting carried away” by doing excessively galore tributes to past “Pride and Prejudice” movies. 

Finn noted that nan characters aren’t “aware” that they’e successful nan mediate of a “cinematically iconic moment,” truthful he was focused connected playing nan “truth” of nan scene,” and past audiences “can put connected it what they wish.”

The “Young Sherlock” character said what he likes astir “The Other Bennet Sister” is that Mary is an improbable protagonist.

“The Other Bennet Sister” is now streaming connected BritBox.