I’ve been playing around with iMovie, trying to put together a decent video tribute to Jane Austen’s beloved Mr. Darcy of “Pride and Prejudice,” featuring the various actors who have portrayed him. I did manage to cobble something together and get it uploaded to YouTube. I’ve had a lot of fun doing it, but rest assured that I have no plans to quit my day job…
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A Video Tribute to Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Jane Austen Movie Men Stand Tall
Sunday, April 26th, 2009Want to play one of Jane Austen’s male romantic heroes in the movies? Don’t bother to audition unless you’re at least 6 feet tall. (Well, maybe you can squeak by at just a shade under.) Consider the evidence:
- Colin Firth (Mr. Darcy, “Pride and Prejudice”), 6’1”
- Jeremy Northam (Mr. Knightley, “Emma”), 6’2”
- JJ Feild (Mr. Tilney, “Northanger Abbey”), 6’1”
- Matthew McFadyen (Mr. Darcy, “Pride and Prejudice”), 6’3”
- Mark Strong (Mr. Knightley, “Emma”), 6’2”
- Ciaran Hinds (Captain Wentworth, “Persuasion”), 6’1”
- Rupert Penry-Jones (Captain Wentworth, “Persuasion”), 6’2”
- Alan Rickman (Col. Brandon, “Sense and Sensibility”), 6’1”
- David Rintoul (Mr. Darcy, “Pride and Prejudice”), height unknown but it’s obvious that he’s pretty tall
- Elliot Cowan (Mr. Darcy, “Lost in Austen”), 6’2″
