Ready for battle! Lily James shows off her swordplay as Jane Austen heroine in new trailer for Pride And Prejudice And Zombies
Lily James deftly wielded a sword as heroine Elizabeth Bennet in a new trailer for Pride And Prejudice And Zombies.
The 26-year-old English actress was ready to fight the undead along with her sisters in the film based on the 2009 novel of the same name.
The trailer opened amid the tranquil outdoor setting of a British Regency era country house.
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Slinging it: Lily James wielded a sword as Elizabeth Bennet in a new trailer for Pride And Prejudice And Zombiez
A scream prompted a rush upstairs where a girl was found gnawing on the neck of a corpse.
A voice over explained: 'It began with the Black Plague, within weeks the dead began to rise, hunting for human flesh'
The few survivors have pledged to fight the zombies and Elizabeth was heard saying she had trained her whole for it.
Combat skills: Elizabeth was raised learning how to fight
Love interest: Sam Riley was shown as Elizabeth's love interest Mister Darcy
Stormy relationship: Elizabeth and Darcy had some things to work out
'My daughters are trained for battle, sir, not for the kitchen,' Mister Bennet told a suitor.
Lizzy and her sisters were shown fighting off the walking dead and arming themselves with knives in their garter belts.
'I would never relinquish my sword for a ring,' Elizabeth said.
Rising star: Lily, shown earlier this month in Cannes, France, became a fan favourite on Downton Abbey
Dinner talk: The Bennet sisters dined with their father
'For the right man you would,' suggested her sister as Mister Darcy played by Sam Riley was shown.
'The right man wouldn't ask me to,' Elizabeth replied.
Lena Headey as Lady Catherine de Bourgh at the end of the trailer gave Elizabeth a compliment.
Well trained: Mister Bennet said that all of his daughters were trained for combat
Walking dead: Courtship in the British Regency area has been complicated even further by zombies
Nice words: Lena Headey as Lady Catherine de Bourgh gave Elizabeth a compliment
'I do not know which I admire more, your skill as a warrior or your resolve as a woman,' she said.
The film also stars Charles Dance as Mister Bennet, Jack Huston as Mister Wickham, Bella Heathcote as Jane Bennet, and Suki Waterhouse as Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet.
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies opens on February 5 in the US and on February 12 in the UK.
Critically acclaimed: Colin Firth as Mister Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet are shown in the critically acclaimed 1995 BBC miniseries Pride And Prejudice
Popular story: Keira Knightley is shown as Elizabeth with Rupert Friend as George Wickham in the 2005 film based on the Jane Austen novel
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