What was your best experience with making the series?

Jenni: Best experience on the show? That’s a tough one. The thing I liked most during the show, just personally, is I cooked for the crew each day. That’s something you don’t get to do a lot of times, but we were such like a close-knit group, and, financially, it made sense. We shot a majority of the show in my apartment; Lizzie’s bedroom was my bedroom at the time of where I was living, so it just had a very homey atmosphere. Whenever we shot, it was just like, “Hey we’re going to have a bunch of friends over and then we’re going to make this thing and eat some food and have a good talk,” so that’s probably my favorite memory of working on the show.

Jessica: I think the fact that people become obsessed with my hair which I most of the time when I come to set is probably not been washed in a couple days and I put baby powder in it, so I’m like, “That’s awesome that it’s still managing to look okay,” and it’s interesting ‘cause you’re like, “Really, the hair? Okay.”

Allison: I think just the character of Gigi is fun. She is like a matchmaker, but at the same time, she’s a people person and she just really loves people she’s with. And her essence has been the most fun for me, because she is so fun and lively and genuine, and I just really [like] embodying her. She’s been great.

Maxwell: I think my favorite episode that I got to do was the one with Collins and Lydia. It was the only time that they appeared together on camera, and it just made for a hilarious, hilarious episode because the characters are so different. She was completely grossed out by me, and it just made for a good dynamic. It was a lot of fun; I wish I had more with her.

Julia: I think the big eye-opening moment for principal cast members, for myself and Ashley and Laura and Mary Kate, we went to Vidcon and the show had been around for a little bit, but we went to Vidcom which is the big conference for YouTube and online content, and people recognized us. And just having to go from point A to point B and being stopped numerous times along the way and just having that direct feedback of how many people watch the show and how many people love it and how many are affected by it, I mean that was such an amazing experience as an actor, as a performer, to be a part of a project that has that impact on people and a lot of young people too. That was a really kind of moving moment for I think all of us.

Jay: Coolest experience … there have been so many of them. This has been a roller coaster ride. I’d say that I think our first big transmedia rabbit hole still stands out in my mind. The very beginning of the show when the episodes were first going out, when the only people in the story we had met were Lizzie and her sisters and Charlotte. We seeded Twitter accounts with Darcy and Bing and Caroline, and we had conversations between the three of them for three to four weeks without telling anybody that they were there, until … [rude night manager interrupts, kicks NMR out of the bar]



Stay tuned for part 3 of “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” Odyssey tomorrow. Check out part 1 here.