Darcy

Classic novels get erotic makeover to spice them up for new generation

For years Mr Darcy has been heralded as the perfect English gent. But a new novel portrays Jane Austen’s hero as a red-blooded predator who seduced Elizabeth Bennet into a steamy clandestine snog long before asking for her hand in marriage.

Bafta Awards 2010: Colin Firth’s rise from Mr Darcy to A Single Man

Colin Firth will always be known to millions of TV viewers as Mr Darcy but he's now the toast of Hollywood after his moving turn in A Single Man, which won him a Bafta last night for best actor.

Elliot Cowan is strong on real emotion

Elliot Cowan's biceps are like oak trees. He's wearing just a tiny vest too. It's not fair. And I'm trying really hard to talk about serious stuff: Tennessee Williams, plus an acting career that's already boasted Henry V and, ahem, Darcy in Lost In Austen as well as, oh crikey, the animal sexuality of Stanley Kowalski, the highly physical Polish plant-hand who causes such devastation in Williams's smouldering, desolate tragedy A Streetcar Named Desire.

Lost In Austen

In a bid to tie up all its loose bonnet ends in time for the news, Lost In Austen skated on some very thin plot devices, not least having Mr Darcy on a London bus in full boots and breeches. Would modern Jane Austen fanatic Amanda be able to bring all the right characters together and patch things up with her biker boyfriend? And, more importantly, would we care?

Elliot: Darcy’s no pressure

Lost In Austen star Elliot Cowan insists he felt no pressure taking on the role of Mr Darcy.

A new Mr Darcy to hit our screens

Who would have thought Mr Darcy's complete indifference and rugged good looks could be matched by any other than Colin Firth himself?

Mr Darcy’s penis ‘snapped’

Mother's sex symbol, Colin Firth, says a fan tried to take a photo of his penis while he was using a urinal.

I can’t shake off Mr Darcy, says Colin

Colin will always be Mr Darcy to some of us Colin Firth has confessed that he has found it hard to shake off the role of Mr Darcy. The actor, who played the part in the 1995 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, reportedly said it is a “part-time burden”. “It got my name recognised but […]

From Darcy to demon

by Keith Watson

Matthew: Paedophile role is ‘daunting’

Matthew found his role as a paedophile daunting Matthew Macfadyen has admitted his new role as a paedophile struggling not to abuse was “daunting”. The 32-year-old, best known as Mr Darcy in Pride And Prejudice, said of the drama Secret Life: “If the film is sympathetic, it’s sympathetic in his struggle and perseverance not to […]

Channel 4 under fire over abuse film

A charity for child abuse victims has raised concerns about a new Channel 4 drama about a sex offender. Secret Life stars Pride and Prejudice actor Matthew Macfadyen, 32, as Charlie, an offender battling to change his behaviour. The controversial feature-length drama focuses on the struggle he faces to stop abusing after the rehabilitation centre […]

Who is the coolest man on TV?

David Tenant has come out top in a ‘cool league’ David Tennant’s incarnation as Doctor Who has been voted the coolest TV character. The time-travelling doctor beat federal agent Jack Bauer, played in the hit US show 24 by Kiefer Sutherland, to second place. Christopher Eccleston, 43, the actor Tennant, 35, replaced as the doctor […]

Mr Darcy tops book-lovers’ poll

Keira Knightley in the recent film version of Pride and Prejudice When people want a good read, it seems they still turn to the classics rather than modern blockbusters. The No.1 book which readers cannot do without is Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice, a survey to mark World Book Day revealed yesterday. It was chosen […]