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Jane Austen Movie Men Stand Tall

April 26, 2009 by virgvv

Want 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″

Exceptions that prove the rule:

  • Laurence Olivier, (Mr. Darcy, “Pride and Prejudice”), 5’10”. But then, if you can act like Olivier, who cares how tall you are?
  • Hugh Grant (Edward Ferrars, “Sense and Sensibility”), who stands a mere 5’11.” It’s hard to imagine not casting one of England’s hugely popular romantic leads in at least one Austen flick, though, so he squeaks in.
  • Jonny Lee Miller (Edmund Bertram, “Mansfield Park”), 5’11”

Filed Under: Movies of Austen Novels Tagged With: alan rickman, austen, ciaran hinds, colin firth, david rintoul, hugh grant, jeremy, jeremy northam, jonny lee miller, mark strong, matthew macfadyen, movies, mr. knightley, rupert penry-jones

Comments

  1. Sharon says

    December 15, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    I’ll take Alan Rickman, Matthew McFadyen, and Ciaran Hinds (in that order). . .18 feet and counting 🙂

    • Ginger says

      December 17, 2009 at 5:25 pm

      Not Colin Firth? Traitor! 😉

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