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"You may recognize Georgia King as the all-American, sweet-as-honey Goldie Clemmens on Ryan Murphy&amp;#x27;s sadly canceled, The New Normal. But these days, the British actress (Yes, that was one hell of a good American accent!) can be seen sipping tea and rocking petticoats and curly tendrils in the film Austenland. I was an English major,so the movie, which is about a Jane Austen uber-fan who immerses herself in a world where Mr. Darcy is an actual possibility, is near and dear to my heart. King plays a fellow &amp;quot;Austenland&amp;quot; resident, alongside fellow Jane-ites Keri Russell and Jennifer Coolidge. She took time out of her busy schedule&amp;amp;#8212;she&amp;#x27;s directing Your Hands, a dramedy about a woman on her post-breakup journey, and launched a KickStarter campaign to raise funds&amp;amp;#8212;to share fun, behind-the-scenes gossip from the set. &amp;quot;I take sports very seriously, whether I have a bonnet on or not. I was constricted with that corset as well, but I had some amazing badminton swing attempts. I&amp;#x27;m a massive sports fan and have a lot of energy, so I&amp;#x27;m always running around doing crazy amounts of exercise. You&amp;#x27;ve got to keep fit on set, any way you can. We didn&amp;#x27;t have a gym on set because we filmed on a beautiful estate outside of London, so badminton became my cardio, and I always played with the crew. They were amazing and became like family,&amp;quot; King says. &amp;quot;Bret [McKenzie, who costars in Austenland], and I were always invading each other&amp;#x27;s space and bringing out our most awkward selves around one another.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;The detail of this production was absolutely stunning, and our production designer, James Merifield, was amazing and such a cool guy. We had dining scenes with tons of pies, eels, and fish heads. It smelled horrendous but looked great. I couldn&amp;#x27;t help but take pictures of all the nice food all the time. I love the macarons!&amp;quot; &amp;quot;One day, we came across a massive Ferris wheel while on set. It ended up being in the movie, but at the time, we didn&amp;#x27;t know what it was for and we were so excited! You can&amp;#x27;t help but jump when you see one of these.&amp;quot; Glamour: Were you a big Jane Austen fan growing up? Georgia King: I grew up on Jane Austen novels and was a massive literature fanatic when I was a kid&amp;amp;#8212;I read everything I could get my hands on. But I think that she speaks to anybody. You don&amp;#x27;t have to just read her books. You can watch any of the film adaptations (Colin Firth was the ultimate Mr. Darcy in the BBC version), and even guys who would say that they&amp;#x27;re not Jane Austen fans will probably find themselves loving her stories. Glamour: Is there anything you&amp;#x27;d geek out over enough to go to your own Austenland-type of venue? GK: There are a few things, but they&amp;#x27;re kind of embarrassing. I get really involved in some things and have been obsessed with getting a dog for five or six years now. It got to the point where I traumatized the girl I used to live with in London with my imaginary dog. If I need to take a break from work, I&amp;#x27;ll just Google dogs that are up for adoption in L.A. I really want a poodle mix, and I want to name her Rita. That&amp;#x27;s my dream, and one day it&amp;#x27;s going to happen. How cute is Georgia? Will you be seeing Austenland this weekend? P.S. Get Keri Russell&amp;#x27;s take on Austenland! Courtesy of Georgia King"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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