Who was the best Mr. Darcy?

Every Mr. Darcy* Ranked
  1. Colin Firth as Mark Darcy in Bridget Jones's Diary, 2001. See, in the end you got Colin Firth at #1.
  2. Matthew MacFadyen as Mr. ...
  3. Colin Firth as Mr. ...
  4. Laurence Olivier as Mr. ...
  5. Matthew Rhys as Mr. ...
  6. David Rintoul as Mr. ...
  7. Martin Henderson as Will Darcy, Bride and Prejudice, 2004. ...
  8. Mr. ...
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Who is the most popular Mr. Darcy?

Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice (1995)

Darcy since she was a young girl. While he may have spoiled Mr. Darcy for one person, he went on to portray the most popular interpretation.
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Why Colin Firth is the best Darcy?

No one can deny that Firth embodies the romantic notion of the English gentleman, making him perfect for Mr Darcy. The actor carries the subtle air and dignified British aloofness that every romance fan envisions when a character from over the pond appears in a love story.
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Who is famous for playing Mr. Darcy?

More Stories by Abbey. Despite their portrayals being a decade apart and via two separate screen mediums, Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen say they both played their iconically proud and arrogant Pride and Prejudice character Mr. Darcy as a “grumpy adolescent.”
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Which Elizabeth Bennet is best?

In our opinion, it's still the best of all adaptations of the famous novel by Jane Austen. Here are 10 facts you may not have known about Ehle, our favorite Elizabeth Bennet. 1. Her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet was a career-defining role.
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How old is Lizzy in Pride and Prejudice?

Elizabeth is the second eldest of the five Bennet sisters of the Longbourn estate, situated near the fictional market village of Meryton in Hertfordshire, England. She is 20 years old by the middle of the novel.
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How old are Darcy and Elizabeth?

Elizabeth Bennet & Mr. Darcy are 20 and 28 years old in Jane Austen's original Pride and Prejudice novel.
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How old is Mr. Darcy in the book?

Fitzwilliam Darcy is a wealthy twenty-eight-year-old man. He is very fond and protective of his younger sister, Georgiana Darcy. He owns Pemberley and is best friends with Charles Bingley. Despite her lower class, he eventually marries Elizabeth Bennet, with whom he fell in love at the start of the novel.
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Who is the best Jane Austen male character?

Ranking Jane Austen's 14 Leading Men
  1. Edmund Bertram, Mansfield Park.
  2. Captain Fredrick Wentworth, Persuasion. ...
  3. John Knightley, Emma. ...
  4. Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey. ...
  5. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Pride and Prejudice. ...
  6. Edward Ferrars, Sense and Sensibility. ...
  7. Colonel Brandon, Sense and Sensibility. ...
  8. Frank Churchill, Emma. ...
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Who is the richest Jane Austen character?

Of those available, the wealthiest character is Mr. Rushworth, whereas Mrs. Bates and her daughter are the poorest.
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What is Mr Darcy's rank?

Darcy – undoubtedly at number one is Mr. Darcy. He is clearly long-established gentry and although still a commoner, he is descended from nobility and his vast wealth of £10,000 p.a. places him as one of 400 wealthiest families in Britain.
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How tall is the guy who plays Mr Darcy?

Although Macfadyen is six foot three and barrel-chested, he's not physically intimidating in the least when out of character. “He is the worst giggler I have ever encountered in my career,” Oyelowo adds. “So before a take, you're with goofy Matthew, and then it's action and he's playing this very imposing MI5 officer.
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What is Mr Darcy's first name?

Fans of the novel probably know that Mr. Darcy's first name is Fitzwilliam, that Elizabeth Bennet can power-walk and trade witticisms with the best of them, and that the novel of manners was Jane Austen's second, after Sense and Sensibility.
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Does Mr Darcy think Elizabeth is pretty?

When his friend points out Elizabeth “sitting down behind you,” Darcy replies, “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humor at person to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.
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Who was Mr Bennet's favorite daughter?

Why is Lizzy Mr. Bennet's favorite daughter? Lizzy is her father's favorite child because she is the only one to share his wit and sense of humor.
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Did Alan Rickman ever play Mr Darcy?

Colonel Brandon - Sense & Sensibility

The film is heart-warming and gloriously romantic, and is easily the best screen adaptation of Jane Austen's works (yes, including the adored Pride & prejudice series), with Rickman's measured, nuanced performance as Brandon blowing any fantasies of Mr Darcy back into his pond.
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What is Colonel Brandon's first name?

Colonel Christopher Brandon — a close friend of Sir John Middleton. In his youth, Brandon had fallen in love with his father's ward, but was prevented by his family from marrying her because his father was determined to marry her to his older brother.
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Did Hugh Grant ever play Mr Darcy?

Yes, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant both hit the big six-oh this week. So after all those scandals, lovers and millions made, which of them would seduce Bridget Jones today? One played the charming, womanising rotter Daniel Cleaver; the other, the steadfast but sexy human rights lawyer Mark Darcy.
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Why did Cassandra destroy Jane's letters?

When Cassandra's short engagement to Thomas Fowle ended in tragedy, Jane worried over her sister's restraint in grieving. It is our tragedy that Cassandra chose not to follow a similar restraint in preserving Jane's letters.
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What does 5000 a year mean in Pride and Prejudice?

These percents refer to the fact that the income the landed gentry earned came from investing their money in secure government bonds. Therefore, Bingley is described as having "four or five thousand a year" because Mrs. Bennet is not sure of what his 100,000 pound inheritance is earning. Similarly, Mr.
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Who has the most pride in Pride and Prejudice?

Darcy is the character who is most obviously proud and prejudiced. On the one hand, his pride is understandable due to his wealth and high social position.
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Did Mr. Darcy like Elizabeth from the beginning?

Darcy is attracted to Elizabeth early on, but he sees her as unfit socially as a wife; however his feelings for her are such that he decides to forgo convention to marry the woman he loves, fitting him into the mould of a Romantic hero.
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Why did Mr. Darcy stretch his hand?

It's credit to Joe, because he doesn't miss a trick and he's so alive to things, and he saw me do it in a rehearsal take and I remember him just going, “Get that!” So they just did an extra shot on the hand. Yes—this is the power of a bold acting choice and a thoughtful actor!
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Did Lydia and Wickham sleep together?

While Lydia's affair with Wickham was highly improper for a nineteenth-century woman, threatening damage to both herself and her sisters, a premarital sexual relationship would be considered normal for most young women in the West in the twenty-first century.
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How old is Caroline Bingley?

Bingley's 22 years, as she was unmarried and had a dowry of £20,000, and if she was 23 or older, she'd be quite the old maid. Even with her terrible personality, many men would gladly marry her for her pretty face and big dowry well before her 21st birthday. I too think that it was not mentioned in the book directly.
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