{"id":33949,"date":"2024-07-24T20:11:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T00:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/matthew-macfadyen-admits-he-didnt-enjoy-portraying-mr-darcy-in-pride-prejudice\/24\/07\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T20:11:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T00:11:30","slug":"matthew-macfadyen-admits-he-didnt-enjoy-portraying-mr-darcy-in-pride-prejudice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/matthew-macfadyen-admits-he-didnt-enjoy-portraying-mr-darcy-in-pride-prejudice\/24\/07\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Macfadyen Admits He &#8216;Didn&#8217;t Enjoy&#8217; Portraying Mr. Darcy in &#8216;Pride &#038; Prejudice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/matthew-macfadyen\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Macfadyen<\/a><span> is feeling a certain way about a previous role!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, the <\/span><em><span>Deadpool &amp; Wolverine<\/span><\/em><span> star appeared on <\/span><em><span>CBS Mornings<\/span><\/em><span>, where he revealed that despite all the love he got for playing Mr. Darcy in 2005&#8217;s <\/span><em><span>Pride &amp; Prejudice,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span>he isn&#8217;t very fond of it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;No, I didn&#8217;t really,&#8221; he told Anthony Mason about having many worries as a young actor as he played the role. &#8220;I feel bad saying that. There were moments I had a good time. But I wish I&#8217;d enjoyed it more. I wish I was less worried. I just felt a bit miscast. I wasn&#8217;t dishy enough. But it worked out.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Macfadyen, 49, played opposite Keira Knightley in the film based on the romance novel by Jane Austen. Almost 20 years later, Macfadyen doesn&#8217;t mind when people come up to him and notice him for the role. In fact, he embraces it, simply because he&#8217;s proud people still recognize him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I figure I can&#8217;t be aging that badly,&#8221; he quipped about the fan recognition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One famous fan in particular who took an interest in Mr. Darcy was<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/ayo-edebiri\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> Ayo\u00a0Edebiri<\/a><span>, who admitted that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/interview-ayo-edebiri-reveals-why-she-handed-carson-daly-her-purse-after-emmy-win-exclusive-218015\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">she got in trouble for having a picture of Mr. Darcy as her screensaver<\/a><span> on her teen laptop. The interaction was captured at the Emmys, where the <\/span><em><span>Succession<\/span><\/em><span> star reacted to getting <\/span><em><span>The Bear<\/span><\/em><span> actress in trouble in her younger years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;She was grounded, she had a screensaver of me as Mr. Darcy on her laptop,&#8221; Macfadyen quipped to ET about hearing the fellow Emmy winner&#8217;s childhood story firsthand. &#8220;Good parenting, that&#8217;s good.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/matthew-macfadyen-admits-he-didnt-enjoy-portraying-mr-darcy-in-pride-prejudice-229599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Macfadyen is feeling a certain way about a previous role! 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