Pummelled by the rain, Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) — wet hair flopping against his forehead — confesses his adoration to the spunky protagonist Elizabeth Bennet: “I love you, most ardently.” ...

Matthew Macfadyen, an actor powerful enough to make women tremble by simply flexing his hand, once mused that he was “miscast” as Mr. Darcy, the brooding love interest of Jane Austen’s Pride ...

And Netflix announced the cast for a new six-part series that will start filming in the U.K. later this year, stunning fans by appointing Jack Lowden as the first-ever ginger Mr. Darcy.