Matthew Macfadyen stole numerous hearts along with his breakout function in “Pride & Prejudice,” however he lately admitted that he felt “a bit miscast.”
The Golden Globe winner is likely to be most well-known for his flip in HBO’s “Succession,” however he had already swept numerous romantics off their toes because the charming Mr. Darcy in 2005’s adaptation of “Pride & Prejudice.” Whereas the movie is beloved by many, Macfadyen stated he didn’t get pleasure from filming it.
“No, I didn’t really,” he informed “CBS Mornings” in an interview launched Tuesday. “I feel bad saying that. There were moments I had a good time. But I wish I’d enjoyed it more. I wish I was less worried about it. I just felt a bit miscast, or I’m not dishy enough.”
Macfadyen continued, “But it worked out. I think probably the most flattering thing that happens to me now is people say, ‘Were you Mr. Darcy?’ And it’s a good, good 20 years later, so I think I can’t be aging that badly.”
“Pride & Prejudice” has since grow to be one of the crucial acclaimed Jane Austen variations of its time. With a romance between Macfadyen’s Mr. Darcy and Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Bennet on the fore, the movie mined themes of sophistication and wealth in Victorian England.
Whereas Knightley had already confirmed herself an A-lister with roles in “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Love Actually,” Joe Wright’s romantic drama, which had a world gross of $121 million, marked Macfadyen’s first flip as a romantic lead in a significant movement image.
The actor, who beforehand revealed that his spouse Keeley Hawes was pregnant with their first youngster throughout manufacturing, informed Vainness Truthful in 2022: “I did feel pressure — maybe it was a self-imposed pressure of, you know: ‘This is a big film, don’t get it wrong.’”
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Macfadyen added on the time that he “didn’t feel very Mr. Darcy-ish” whereas filming and as a substitute “felt like a bit of a middle-aged dad.”
Nonetheless, the influence of his function within the movie apparently is held in a unique regard by audiences as there was this candid second on the 2023 Emmys: “She was grounded,” Macfadyen informed “Entertainment Tonight” on the ceremony after “The Bear” star Ayo Edebiri made a backstage confession.
“She had a screensaver of me as Mr. Darcy on her laptop,” he stated of Edebiri. “Yeah, good parenting! I haven’t heard that [before], but that’s good.”
