Earlier than he was Tom Wambsgans, Succession alum Matthew Macfadyen was Mr. Darcy. Nevertheless, getting forged as the long-lasting Satisfaction & Prejudice character was a little bit of a shock for the English star.
“I felt a bit miscast, like, I’m not dishy sufficient,” Macfadyen, 49, shared throughout a CBS Mornings interview, launched on Tuesday, July 23. “But it surely labored out.”
Macfadyen performed Fitzwilliam Darcy alongside Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet within the 2005 film adaptation of Satisfaction & Prejudice, directed by Joe Wright.
“I didn’t actually [enjoy it],” Macfadyen mentioned of his expertise on the movie’s set. “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 apprehensive about it.”
Jane Austen’s literary works have impressed many profitable movie and tv diversifications, together with the 2005 iteration of Satisfaction & Prejudice. Satisfaction & Prejudice intently follows Austen’s 1818 novel of the identical identify, the place Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) faces her pricey mom’s mounting pressures to marry her — and her 4 sisters — off to rich […]
Regardless that it’s been almost twenty years since his Satisfaction & Prejudice position, Macfadyen nonetheless will get acknowledged for the half.
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“Essentially the most flattering factor that occurs to me now’s individuals say, ‘Had been you Mr. Darcy?’ It’s an excellent 20 years later,” he quipped. “So I feel, ‘I can’t be ageing that badly.’”
Earlier than Macfadyen got here alongside, Colin Firth was famously Mr. Darcy within the 1995 Satisfaction & Prejudice miniseries. Nevertheless, the Succession alum’s tackle the literary character has been well known as an total higher model of the love curiosity.
Macfadyen has beforehand shared his emotions about bringing the fictional character to life in previous interviews.
“I want I had loved it extra,” the actor admitted to Self-importance Truthful in Might 2022, echoing his more moderen feedback. “However I did really feel stress — possibly it was a self-imposed stress of, you already know: It is a massive movie, don’t get it flawed.”
On the time, Macfadyen mentioned he “didn’t really feel very Mr. Darcy–ish.” As an alternative, he “felt like a little bit of a middle-aged dad” within the position. One particular person, nonetheless, who praised Macfadyen’s efficiency was Firth.
He has 10,000 a yr — and a smoldering gaze. There have been numerous Jane Austen movie and TV diversifications through the years, starring numerous actors because the good-looking males who steal the hearts of the books’ heroines. Fitzwilliam Darcy, arguably Austen’s most well-known hero, made his debut in her 1813 novel Satisfaction and Prejudice. […]
“I lastly understood the character!” Firth gushed to Self-importance Truthful in the identical interview of his successor. “I needed to write a fan letter. Undoubtedly my favourite Darcy.”
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Macfadyen instructed the journal that he was supplied roles “that [were] just like Satisfaction & Prejudice” after taking part in Mr. Darcy. Nevertheless, he didn’t take them.
“I assumed: I mustn’t do this, I ought to attempt to do one thing totally different,” the actor recalled. “Possibly I ought to have achieved it?”
Finally, Succession got here alongside and Macfadyen obtained two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for his position because the final (spoiler alert!) successor, Tom.
“It was such a superb little bit of writing,” Macfadyen instructed CBS Mornings of his HBO character. “I discovered it very liberating taking part in Tom … and nice remedy as effectively.”
