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Set in the twilight of the roaring twenties and at the cusp of the next decade, EASY VIRTUE is the story of John Whittaker, a young Englishman who, after falling head-over-heels in love with glitzy American Larita, finds himself getting married rather promptly. Returning to the family home, Larita's newfound mother-in-law .. Read more

Starring	Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth
Director	Stephan Elliott
Genres	Comedy

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Rat tea almost killed Easy Virtue crew
- 10 May 2009
Easy Virtue director Stephan Elliott almost killed his crew before filming on the period comedy started - by serving them dead rat tea. The Aussie thought he was being a saint when he offered to make tea for the film crew as they were preparing Nottingham's Flintham Hall for shooting - but he had no idea he was serving up contaminated water. He explains, "It was only later when the owner of the house came up and she made herself a cup of tea, using bottled water that I suspected something was... Read more
Mr. Darcy! The making of Colin Firth
- 09 Feb 2010
“I thought I was managing my expectations, but on hearing the news I discovered new and unfamiliar vocal tones. Perhaps I should do another musical.” - Colin Firth, on his Oscar nomination for Best Actor for A Single Man. Colin is the sort of name you give to your goldfish as a joke. I didn’t say that, Colin Firth did. I’ve come across some fine Colins over the years – The Damned United reminds us what a fine footballer Colin Todd was – but yeah, we know... Read more
Biel happy not to join in the hunt
- 12 May 2009
Jessica Biel was secretly glad to learn she couldn't ride a motorcycle in a movie fox hunt on the set of Easy Virtue - because she detests bloodsports. Insurance bosses refused to allow the actress to actually ride in the hoax hunt - alongside horses and hounds - and so she had to ride a stationary bike for her close-ups as her double took off across rural England. Biel reveals, "We faked it. I was shot in close-up sitting on a stationary bike and then they had a double ride. They didn't get... Read more
Biel director urinated on snapper
- 08 May 2009
Moviemaker Stephan Elliott inadvertently got his own back on paparazzi stalking Jessica Biel on the set of his English period comedy Easy Virtue - he urinated on one. The Aussie director was filming in a Nottinghamshire field, miles from the nearest restroom when he was suddenly taken short. He recalls, "We were shooting with Jessica and it would just have been so much of a hassle to walk all the way back to the loo, so I apologised to the cast and crew, made my excuses and wandered towards a... Read more
Aussie director upset by decaying stately homes
- 11 May 2009
Aussie moviemaker Stephan Elliott was stunned to find England's stately retreats in such disrepair as he used the homes as backdrops for his period comedy Easy Virtue. The director used homes Flintham Hall in Nottinghamshire, Englefield Hall in Berkshire and Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire as the locations for his adaptation of Noel Coward's play - and could not believe what he found once he walked through the front doors of the stately piles. He tells WENN, "They're all trust houses and nobody Read more