Mr Bingley has real Labrador energy which comes through so clearly in this adaptation. His watching Jane like an infatuated school boy is somehow adorable rather than creepy. He is very clearly Enchanted to meet her.
Jane is modest and doesn’t realise she’s “about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room” as Lizzy puts it. She’s flattered and didn’t expect Mr Bingley to ask her to dance a second time (only two dances were allowed), but Lizzy did. Lizzy has also overheard Bingley praising Jane as “the most beautiful creature”. Even Darcy can’t deny it and calls her, in his cynical way “the only handsome girl in the room.”
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Audio from Enchanted (TV) by Taylor Swift
Video and Audio from Pride and Prejudice 2005