Colin Firth almost turned down Pride and Prejudice
News
oi-Prakash KL
By Ramchander
London,
(ANI):
Pride
and
Prejudice
star
Colin
Firth
has
revealed
that
he
almost
turned
down
the
part
that
made
him
a
household
name.
The
actor
said
that
he
thought
himself
'wrong" for
the
role
of
Mr
Darcy
in
the
1995
BBC
adaptation
of
Jane
Austen"s
Pride
and
Prejudice.
“I
couldn"t
see
there
was
anything
to
play
because
the
character
doesn"t
speak
most
of
the
time.
I
thought
this
is
just
a
guy
who
stands
around
for
hours
driving
people
to
despair," the
Telegraph
quoted
him
as
speaking
at
the
British
Academy
of
Film
and
Television
Arts
on
Tuesday
night.
Firth
was
in
conversation
with
the
film
journalist
Francine
Stock
as
part
of
the
'Alfred
Dunhill
BAFTA:
A
Life
in
Pictures
series".
Firth
disclosed
how
he
repeatedly
turned
down
the
role
before
realising
that
it
would
mean
someone
else
would
do
it.
He
accepted
the
part
after
becoming
“struck
by
a
bout
of
jealously".
I
suddenly
felt
very
territorial
about
it,"
he
said.
The
50-year-old
also
explained
how
friends
and
family
'pleaded'' with
him
not
to
take
the
part
which
gave
him
his
first
BAFTA
Television
Award
nomination
for
best
actor.
“The
producer
was
the
only
person
on
the
planet
who
was
convinced
that
I
could
play
the
role.
I
was
bombarded
with
please
not
to
take
the
part.
People
said
'no
you
can"t
because
he"s
supposed
to
be
sexy
and
dark"," Firth
said.
“But
if
you
read
the
book
there
is
no
physical
description
of
him
except
that
he
is
tall,"
the
star
of
'Love
Actually"
added,"
the
star
of
'Love
Actually"
concluded.