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1. www.bbc.com › news › uk-england-suffolk-55652661The Dig: The Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon treasures that inspired a ...

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   Carey Mulligan as Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty with Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown. The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at Sutton Hoo have been described as one of "greatest...

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   Jan 17, 2021 · 17 January 2021. Netflix. Carey Mulligan as Sutton Hoo landowner Edith Pretty with Ralph Fiennes as archaeologist Basil Brown. By Katy Prickett. BBC News. The Anglo-Saxon treasures unearthed at...

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5. www.esquire.com › uk › cultureThe True Story Behind Netflix's 'The Dig' - Esquire

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   Feb 1, 2021 · Carey Mulligan (35) plays landowner Edith Pretty (56) while archaeologist Charles Phillips (38) is played by Ken Stott (66) and Stuart Piggott (29) by Ben Chaplin (51), which changes the...

6. www.bbc.com › articles › c29l1rlpymyoBBC Archive 1965: The real-life Sutton Hoo dig - BBC

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Jack Jacobs, the gardener of landowner Mrs Edith Pretty, discusses the dedication to the project shown by Basil Brown, and what it was like to work under him on the dig despite being a...

7. www.express.co.uk › entertainment › filmsThe Dig criticised for casting Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty ...

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   Feb 4, 2021 · THE DIG brought the true story of the Sutton Hoo treasures to Netflix this month - but the casting of Edith Pretty in the film has caused controversy, because the actor playing her, Carey...

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   Who is Edith Pretty in 'the dig' based on?

   • The relationship between Edith Pretty (Carey Mulligan) and Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes) forms the backbone of the film A film that 'brings the story to life' The Netflix film is based upon the 2008 novel The Dig by John Preston. He was inspired by his aunt Peggy Piggott, played by Lily James, who was an archaeologist during the 1939 dig.

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   Who plays Edith Pretty & Charles Phillips?

   • The ages of various characters get a bit jumbled up too. Carey Mulligan (35) plays landowner Edith Pretty (56) while archaeologist Charles Phillips (38) is played by Ken Stott (66) and Stuart Piggott (29) by Ben Chaplin (51), which changes the dynamics between them.

   The True Story Behind Netflix's 'The Dig' - Esquire

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   Who plays Peggy Piggott in 'Lily James'?

   • Carey Mulligan (35) plays landowner Edith Pretty (56) while archaeologist Charles Phillips (38) is played by Ken Stott (66) and Stuart Piggott (29) by Ben Chaplin (51), which changes the dynamics between them. Lily James' character Peggy Piggott says that she hasn't "done much actual fieldwork yet" and stomps straight through the top of a barrow.

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   Who is Piggott in the dig?

   • Swept up in a love story with Rory Lomax (played by Johnny Flynn), Piggott’s story in The Dig differs to that written in her real life nephew John Preston’s 2007 nove l of the same name. Steered by costume designer Alice Babidge, both James’s and Mulligan’s outfits are exquisite.

   Carey Mulligan On Playing The “Extraordinary” Edith Pretty

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   Who is Stuart Piggott?

   • Petersfield born archaeologist Stuart Piggott recounts popping in to the hotel pub in Woodbridge with a pocketful of gold, and how the size and significance of the project gave him sleepless nights. Stuart Piggott was portrayed in the film by Ben Chaplin. "This was of course an astonishing sight, nothing like it had been seen in England before."

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   Did Peggy Piggott find gold?

   • Peggy Piggott found the first gold on 21 July, and as digging continued, more and more treasures came to the surface. Gold doesn't tarnish or corrode in the same way as the iron remains of the ship's bolts and other features; it came out of the ground looking as it does in the film.

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9. www.vogue.co.uk › arts-and-lifestyle › articleCarey Mulligan On Playing The “Extraordinary” Edith Pretty In ...

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   Jan 30, 2021 · Carey Mulligan's latest role in Netflix's The Dig sees her take on real-life Pretty, who was responsible for one of the most important archaeological discoveries in Britain. Her she talks to Vogue about her role.