Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all-time Top 10 Darcy screenshots for your drooling pleasure. We have Matthew Macfayden (2005), Colin Firth (1995), David Rintoul (1980), Laurence Olivier (1940) and Elliot Cowan (Lost in Austen 2008.) They’re in no particular order, so we’ll leave it up to you to rank them according to your preferences!
Posts under ‘Colin Firth’
Aug 14
The Best Original Mr Darcy Scene
The Lake Scene vs The Rain Scene
The famous ‘Rain Scene’ from the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie is where Matthew Macfadyen’s dripping-wet Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth for the first time. The ‘Lake Scene’ from the BBC’s Pride and Prejudice 1995 is the moment after Colin Firth’s Darcy has taken a swim in his [...]
Jul 30
Mr Darcy on your desktop!
Always in need of an excuse for idleness, I was most pleased to chance upon a Pride and Prejudice 1995 Darcy screensaver, which is still available online from the BBC Pride and Prejudice page. Now, whenever I find myself sitting at the computer unable to think of anything to write, I shall have to deal [...]
Jul 27
Mr Darcy, Is that a pistol in your britches? – Saucy Stage Directions for Colin Firth
I bring shocking revelations from a special documentary made for the Blu-ray edition of BBC Pride and Prejudice 1995. Some saucy intelligence, regarding the electric scene in which Mr Darcy and Elizabeth meet in the grounds of Netherfield after her three mile trek across fields, was provided by screenwriter Andrew Davies.
Davies’ explanation for Darcy’s stiff [...]
Jul 23
Firth Comes First; Why Colin’s Mr Darcy was voted the best
Finally, an excuse for a gratuitous Colin Firth feature! In the second annual Regency Awards, held by the Jane Austen Center in Bath, England, Firth’s 1995 portrayal of Mr Darcy received more than half of all votes cast. Here is, therefore, a slightly gushing but hopefully informative post on the subject of the very best [...]