Matthew Macfadyen is opening up about why he “didn’t actually get pleasure from” his position as Mr. Darcy in 2005’s Pleasure & Prejudice.
The Emmy-winning actor regarded again on the movie the place he starred reverse Keira Knightley throughout an interview with CBS Mornings Tuesday morning.
“I didn’t actually [enjoy it],” he admitted. “I really feel dangerous saying that. There have been moments I had fun, however I want I loved it extra. I want I used to be much less nervous about it.”
Macfadyen added that he didn’t really feel like he was the appropriate alternative for the position of Mr. Darcy. “I felt a bit miscast, like, ‘I’m not dishy sufficient,’” the Deadpool & Wolverine actor mentioned. “Nevertheless it labored out.”
And it certain did, because the film went on to attain 4 Oscar nominations. The British actor additionally confessed that he nonetheless will get excited when he’s acknowledged as Mr. Darcy in public.
“In all probability probably the most flattering factor that occurs to me now’s individuals say, ‘Had been you Mr. Darcy?’” he mentioned. “It’s a very good 20 years later. So I believe, ‘I can’t be ageing that badly.’”
The Joe Wright-directed movie, primarily based on Jane Austen’s novel of the identical title, facilities on the growing relationship between Elizabeth Bennet (Knightley), the daughter of a rustic gentleman, and Mr. Darcy, a rich English aristocrat.
Earlier than Macfadyen took on the beloved position, he was already following in Colin Firth’s footsteps, as he had portrayed Mr. Darcy within the 1995 TV miniseries of Pleasure and Prejudice. The Succession star added that the 2 actors later in contrast notes on their separate experiences “exhaustively” and “extensively.”
