Having not seen the movie, I have no desire to argue with you about the other casting choices. And I did state in my original comment that I thought she now looks too old. But when I think of Anna Maxwell Martin in her Bleak House days, for example, I think she was lovely. Not stunning, she's not supposed to be, but very pretty. And that's my firm opinion which you will not shake me out of. She would have made a great Lizzy at that age.
As for your assessment of all the other Lizzys being "stunners" I don't necessarily agree with that either, but that's okay. I also don't think Colin Firth is that hot, and have never thought Ciaran Hinds to be remotely handsome. In fact, I think he's rather ugly, but in an interesting way. And again, I'm okay with that, and I'm okay with the fact that other people admire them more than I do. Because perceptions of beauty are relative.
As for your assessment of all the other Lizzys being "stunners" I don't necessarily agree with that either, but that's okay. I also don't think Colin Firth is that hot, and have never thought Ciaran Hinds to be remotely handsome. In fact, I think he's rather ugly, but in an interesting way. And again, I'm okay with that, and I'm okay with the fact that other people admire them more than I do. Because perceptions of beauty are relative.