在接受英国每日电讯报采访时，好几位主演承认，知道自己要出演某个角色后，他们才开始读这本书。

Lily James, who plays Natasha Rostov in the epic said she had never read the book but was hooked once she started ploughing through it while on the set of Downton Abbey.

莉莉·詹姆斯在剧中饰演娜塔莎·罗斯托娃。从未看过本书的她称自己在拍摄《唐顿庄园》的间隙开始啃这本书，很快就入了迷。

She said: 'I was reading it while we were filming Downton Abbey. I'd be reading between takes at the dining table. The director would call "Action" and - bang!- the book would be back under the table.'

她说道：“我是一边拍《唐顿庄园》一边看《战争与和平》的。一有拍摄停顿，我就坐在餐桌边阅读。导演喊‘开拍’时，我马上‘啪’地合上书放回桌子底下。”

James Norton who plays her love interest Prince Andrei admitted he only managed a few pages of the classic before filming began, while on the set of another TV show.

詹姆斯·诺顿在剧中饰演娜塔莎的爱慕对象安德烈公爵，他也表示自己只是在拍另一部剧时抽空翻了几页《战争与和平》，然后就投入了拍摄。

He added: 'The only bit I read before was when I was sitting at that bus stop, waiting for the cameras to turn around, I got through around ten pages.'

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