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Mr. Darcy

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Mr. Darcy

Appears in
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Played by
Laurence Olivier

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Mr. Darcy is a character in the film Pride & Prejudice (2005), played by Laurence Olivier.

11 Interesting Facts About Mr. Darcy

Interesting Facts (4)

  1. #001

    At Mr. Bingley's (Simon Woods's) private ball, Miss Bingley (Kelly Reilly) tells Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) as they dance, "I can't help feeling that someone is going to produce a piglet and make us chase it." The tune they dance to is called "The Tythe Pig."

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  2. #002

    Matthew Macfadyen (Mr. Darcy) has very poor eyesight. For the misty morning shot, director Joe Wright stood behind the camera waving a red flag so Macfadyen would know where to walk.

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  3. #003

    Two prop busts of Mr. Darcy were produced for the film. Matthew Macfadyen was given one, and he keeps it in his downstairs bathroom. The other sits in the Chatsworth House Orangery shop, where replicas are on sale. Staff had to post a sign asking customers not to kiss the bust, since ladies were queuing up to kiss "Mr. Darcy."

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  4. #004

    Helen Fielding, author of "Bridget Jones's Diary," had both this production's Mr. Darcy and the actor Colin Firth in mind when she created Mark Darcy in "Bridget Jones." Firth went on to play Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001).

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Behind the Scenes (1)

  1. #005

    Editing the scene of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's first dance, Joe Wright found that a camera set up for establishing shots had inadvertently captured the whole scene in a single take. That one-take version is the one in the finished film.

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Characters & Cast (1)

  1. #006

    Sue Birtwistle was set on Colin Firth, then a little-known British actor in his mid-30s, for the part of the wealthy, aloof Mr. Darcy. She had worked with him on the mid-1980s comedy Dutch Girls (1985), but he turned her down repeatedly, feeling no attraction to Austen's feminine perspective and doubting he suited the role. Her persistent coaxing and his closer study of the Darcy character finally won him over.

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  1. #007

    The lake scene, the most celebrated moment of the series, does not appear in Jane Austen's novel. Andrew Davies wrote it not to suggest a sexual connection between Elizabeth and Darcy but to create "an amusing moment in which Darcy tries to maintain his dignity while improperly dressed and sopping wet."

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  2. #008

    In an interview 15 years after the series was made, screenwriter Andrew Davies said that when Darcy sees Elizabeth muddy and flushed after walking to Netherfield to visit Jane, he wrote a stage direction in the screenplay noting that "this is the moment when Darcy suddenly realizes that he fancies Elizabeth very much and to his surprise he finds that he's got an erection." He said he wrote it to make people laugh but also "for Colin to choose this as the moment when he's just got to act, being tremendously turned on."

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  3. #009

    Tom Hardy said he was refused the chance to audition for Mr. Darcy: "I was told categorically by a lovely producer that all women have an image or vision of what Mr. Darcy looks like and I'm afraid, Tom, you just aren't it. That's showbiz."

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  4. #010

    Colin Firth recalls that when he was first offered the part of Darcy, his brother said in disbelief, "Darcy? But isn't he supposed to be sexy?"

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  5. #011

    Finding an actress for Darcy's younger sister Georgiana was difficult: the producers wanted a young performer who seemed innocent and proud yet shy, had class, and could play the piano. More than 70 actresses auditioned before Simon Langton proposed Emilia Fox, the real-life daughter of Joanna David (Mrs Gardiner).

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