Matthew Macfadyen is feeling a certain way about a previous role!
On Tuesday, the Deadpool and Wolverine star appeared in CBS Morningswhere he revealed that despite all the love he received for playing Mr. Darcy in 2005 Pride & Prejudice, he doesn’t like it very much.
“No, I really didn’t,” he told Anthony Mason about having many worries as a young actor while playing the role. “I feel bad saying that. There were times when I had fun. But I wish I had enjoyed it more. I wish I had worried less. I just felt a little miscast. I wasn’t attractive enough. But it worked out.”
Macfadyen, 49, starred alongside Keira Knightley in the film based on Jane Austen’s novel. Almost 20 years later, Macfadyen doesn’t mind when people come up to him and notice him for the role. In fact, he embraces it, simply because he’s proud that people still recognize him.
“I guess I can’t be aging that badly,” he joked about the fan recognition.
One famous fan in particular who took an interest in Mr. Darcy was Ayo Edebiriwho admitted that she got in trouble for having a picture of Mr. Darcy as her screen saver on his teenage laptop. The interaction was captured at the Emmys, where the Succession star reacted to receiving The bear actress with problems in her youth.
“She was grounded, she had a screensaver of me as Mr. Darcy on her laptop,” Macfadyen joked to ET about hearing her fellow Emmy winner’s childhood story firsthand. “Good parenting, that’s good.”
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