FIRTH: ‘PERFECT ENGLISHMEN DON’T EXIST’
British actor COLIN FIRTH has dashed the hopes of millions of women looking for their very own MR. DARCY - by insisting the perfect Englishman stereotype is just a myth.
The star frequently plays the quintessential Brit in romantic comedies like Bridget Jones’s Diary and period dramas, including the 1995 TV version of Pride and Prejudice, in which he stars as Mark Darcy, but he admits the charming and polite characters he usually portrays are very rare in real life.
He says, "I’ve decided the quintessential Englishman I play doesn’t exist. I play him but you don’t run into him very often. There aren’t very many Mr Darcys out there. I think he’s a figment of our folklore, or film lore."
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