![]() While speaking at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2010, Firth admitted that he didn’t think he was right for the role. Though it’s the role that made him famous, Colin Firth almost said no to playing Mr. ![]() ![]() FIRTH DIDN’T SEE HIMSELF IN THE ROLE EITHER, AND NEARLY PASSED ON IT. ![]() So, to be honest, I never saw him as a Darcy.” 2. Darcy with that color hair would not have been right. In 2013, Birtwistle recalled how BBC executive Alan Yentob “rang me when I was driving in a snowstorm to tell me that Firth was not good-looking enough as Darcy.” Meanwhile, writer Andrew Davies told the Sunday Times that he “was doubtful about because of his gingerish hair and Mr. Though producer Sue Birtwistle, who had worked with Firth on 1985’s Dutch Girls, was pushing him for the lead, not everyone was convinced. ![]() Here are 20 things you might not have known about the iconic period piece, which launched the career of Colin Firth-and popularized a very specific type of not-so-proper erotica. Darcy-can be attributed to the BBC’s 1995 miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth. Though Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has been beloved for more than 200 years (it was originally published in 1813), part of its current legacy-and one very famous image of a sopping wet Mr. ![]()
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