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Pride & Prejudice is having a moment. Though, in my brain it's never not having a moment due to this playing on repeat: On top of Netflix bringing us yet another adaptation of the iconic Jane Austen novel starring Emma Corrin and Jack Lowdon and the BBC announcing The Other Bennet Sister (all about Mary Bennet), Focus Features is re-releasing Pride & Prejudice starring Kiera Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary. And on top of blessing us with Mr.
Darcy's hand clench on the big screen, they dropped a bunch of never-before-seen photos of the cast hanging out on set. Swipe for the full effect, if you can handle clicking away from this first pic. On top of that, the studio released a line of merch including this: Mr.
Darcy Yearning Oversized Unisex T-Shirt Fun fact before we go: Matthew Macfadyen actually didn't feel broody enough to play Darcy, telling “I didn’t feel I was dishy enough and sort of brooding enough. In your mind’s eye, as an actor, you always want to be a little more of this and a little more that and my confidence wasn’t great . .
. I sort of decided that he was like a tortured adolescent, Mr. Darcy, which, in a way, he was.
He’s grieving his parents. He’s inherited this vast estate and responsibility and he’s all conflicted and torn up, and so I thought, .” NO NOTES!.
