Pride & Prejudice (2005) Blog

Today ( October 17th ) is Matthew Macfadyen 's 45th birthday! Matthew , best known to us P&P Fans as Mr. Darcy  (forever) of the 2005 Pride & Prejudice film , was born David Matthew Macfadyen in Great Yarmouth, Northfolk, England, UK in 1974 (45 years ago today!). Happy Birthday Matthew Macfadyen!!! (Mr. Darcy!) Some interesting MM quotes talking about his iconic Darcy role/character (while you watch an MM Birthday tribute video ...though in Spanish, but it included an English translation/subtitles below) worth re-posting here again and again as well as updated MM in various characters collage below...

Tom Hollander along with Gemma Arterton ( Lost In Austen ), Matthew Goode ( Death Comes To Pemberley , Downton Abbey film), Aaron Taylor-Johnson ( Anna Karenina ), and Alison Steadman ( Pride and Prejudice 1995 ) are part of Matthew Vaughn's upcoming Kingsman Movie's prequel titled, (previously titled: Kingsman: The Great Game ) The King's Man (new title). Tom is playing three royal related characters ( George V - reprising the same character he played in Lost Prince TV mini-series, Wilhelm II - the Kaiser/German Emperor and King of Prussia, and Nicholas II - the Russian tsar), they are first cousins and all part of Queen Victoria's family tree, as they were all her grandsons! A new poster (see above, which include all 3 of Tom Hollander's  characters!) with a new trailer has recently been released by 20th Century Fox and will open in U.S. Theaters February 14, 2020 . Watch trailer 2 for The King's Man below...

Today ( October 1st or is it on the 9th? ) is the 38th birthday of Emmy Award Nominee Rupert Friend (aka P&P 05 's own Mr. Wickham ). Rupert  was born Rupert William Anthony Friend on October 1st (or 9th???), 1981 in Oxfordshire, England, UK. Rupert , officially joined  Twitter (in 2013):  @rupertfriend  and blogs on  WhoSay .  He's on Facebook   and Instagram  too. If you're a fan, you can follow him in social media and be sure to wish him a Happy Birthday today. Side Note:  Celebrating Rupert’s birthday early today (since I’ve been celebrating it here on every first of Oct for many years now, and when RF first joined Twitter (and here on this blog, IG and FB) in 2013, he didn’t correct me when I said HBD to him {he only said “thank you!” }...and since his bio on IMDB {it’s still listed there on the 1st for a long time now!} and Wiki {they changed it to Oct. 9th last year or so}, and his fansites has it listed on Oct 1st......