This Day in History
According to the Huntsville, Alabama Times, on this day in 1811 Sense and Sensibility was published!
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24 April 2005
Kindred Spirits
Matthew MacFadyen, who will portrail Mr. Darcy in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, is interviewed by The Guardian. After speaking of his upcoming role as Prince Hal in Henry IV at the National Theater, he addressed his reputation of being a bit prickly with reporters.
In September, he will move from the gravitas of the National to the opening of Pride and Prejudice, with its circus of international junkets - not an appealing prospect for someone who dislikes talking about himself. It’s traditional for interviewers confronted with subjects who won’t lay their psyches on the table, OK-style, to dismiss them as grumpy and uptight; both have been said of him, with no justification that I can see. He mentions the ‘Mind your own business’ headline and tries to explain that he hadn’t meant it to sound as it did (’She asked me about the third series of Spooks and I couldn’t give it away so I sort of told her to… well’). I thought you were going to be a right chippy little prince, I say. ‘Oh God, did you?’ He looks aggrieved. ‘It’s a real skill to be able to publicise yourself,’ he says, with a sigh, and leaves the rest of the thought unspoken.
Hmm…let’s see: Viewed as lacking in charm, when he is confronted with a subject deemed too personal he becomes somewhat rude and off-putting.
I’m thinking Darcy wasn’t too much of a stretch for Mr. Macfadyen.
