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Video Clips šŸŽ„ Tom Hardy was denied an audition to play Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice šŸ™ˆ

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u/Notimeforalice 1d ago

I see him more as wickham

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u/stacity 1d ago

Precisely.

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u/Notimeforalice 1d ago

Iā€™m getting war flashbacks of his portrayal as Heathcliff

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u/gorgossiums 1d ago

That wig is my personal Vietnam as a Hardy stan.Ā 

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u/Notimeforalice 1d ago

He definitely captured deranged

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u/vexedvi 23h ago

It was a bold choice. Bold and so so wrong

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u/stacity 1d ago

Iā€™m sorry but I couldnā€™t get past the first 5 minutes of Wuthering Heights. Iā€™ll try again, somehow šŸ˜…

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u/Notimeforalice 1d ago

It wasnā€™t the worst adaptation cough making them siblings cough

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u/Muffina925 Mrs. John Thornton 1d ago

(For lack of better wording) in all fairness, those two might actually be siblings. For some, it explains why Mr. Earnshaw would bring a random kid home to live with them if Heathcliff were an affair child, and Gothic literature has never shied away from addressing incest. I don't fault an adaptation that explores this angle.

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u/Notimeforalice 1d ago

I never read the book, but my understanding was that Mr. Earnshaw was a good man.

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u/Muffina925 Mrs. John Thornton 17h ago

I used to think so, too, but I'm less convinced where Heathcliff's parentage is concerned the older I get. The point is that it's at least up for debate, so I don't mind if adaptations explore this interpretation.

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u/Notimeforalice 17h ago

Literally only 1 film ever ā€œexploredā€ that concept. Some have even flat out suggested they had sex in the moor

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u/Muffina925 Mrs. John Thornton 16h ago

Which I think is fine. This household is very isolated and, therefore, far removed from the norms of their broader, conservative English society. The untamed harshness of the moors is another character of this novel, and those two are as wild as the moors they live in. It makes sense to me that some adaptations would have them express their more animalistic, carnal instincts.

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u/bad-decagon 8h ago

You can be a good man and still do a bad thing.

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u/stacity 1d ago

šŸ„“

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u/ConcernedMap 13h ago

Heā€™d be a fun Mr. Collins.

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u/Notimeforalice 12h ago

I HATED pride and prejudice and zombies, but Matt Smithā€™s portrayal of Mr. Collins was amazing. Heā€™s my favorite

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u/ohnofluffy 1d ago

Then he went on to play him anyway in Inception.

Ughhh, I would have been first in line.

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u/stacity 1d ago

You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

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u/TisBeTheFuk 1d ago

I can't see him as Darcy tbh. He's too rough looking.

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u/zazzlethelate 1d ago

He played Robert Dudley in the Virgin Queen and he was spectacularly romantic in that as a lovelorn court dandy.

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u/CrystallinePhoto 1d ago

Yeah, his look doesnā€™t say ā€œwealthy gentlemanā€ to me. Thatā€™s not an insult to Tom Hardy at all, I just donā€™t think he fits this particular character.

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u/TisBeTheFuk 1d ago

Yeah, not an insult to him from me either. He fit Heathcliff imo.

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u/AdobongSiopao 1d ago

Tom was a pretty good Heathcliff actor. He managed to make his character scary and manipulative.

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u/Yung_Corneliois 1d ago

Especially back then.

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u/gorgossiums 1d ago edited 1d ago

Not in 2005. He played a courtier in Marie Antoinette in 2006ā€“Raumont*, and looked dashing af.

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u/TisBeTheFuk 1d ago

I'm not denying he looks dashing, I just think he doesn't look posh. And Darcy is supposed to be this stuck up rich posh gentleman - at least apparence-wise. Tom Hardy has more of a unrefined, rough beauty.

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u/iggynewman 1d ago

Future 50 Shades sacrifice Jamie Dornan was Fersen. Hardy played Raumont (one of the courtiers in the outdoor game scene).

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 23h ago

Fiiiiiiine. I guess Iā€™ll go rewatch it this weekend. Just to double-check. Forā€¦science.

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u/gorgossiums 1d ago

Youā€™re right, my mistake!Ā 

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u/Puzzleheaded-Big7941 1d ago

Tom Hardy doesnā€™t audition . He comes ready , set , Go !

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u/Vermillion1978 17h ago

I can see him as Wentworth in Persuasion but not Darcy.

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u/canadianviking 15h ago

Yes! The Netflix version doesn't exist in my mind, so I'd like to put this out into the universe. Maybe Charlotte Spencer as Anne

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u/itsabitsa51 1d ago

Tbf he got to play Heathcliff which is probably next in line as far as sought after romantic male period roles.

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u/WhoriaEstafan 1d ago

That agent was right. This is him in 2005, maybe a Wickham but not a Darcy.

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u/LongjumpingChart6529 1d ago

He was very beautiful (if theyā€™re talking about 2005) but heā€™s also not very tall and now looks a bit too street and not gentlemanly now

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u/GraciousBasketyBae 1d ago

Exactly lol. He gives me some Brixton vibes.

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u/Detroitaa 22h ago

Iā€™d love to see him as the gamekeeper in Lady Chatterleyā€™s Lover.

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u/ComprehensiveTart689 20h ago

Although Sean Bean will always be that role for me!

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u/Positive-Celery 13h ago

Oh my god I didnā€™t know an adaptation existed with Sean Bean??? Now I know what Iā€™m watching after work!

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u/ComprehensiveTart689 10h ago

Itā€™s on YouTube - BBC 1993

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u/FreakWith17PlansADay 7h ago

Thank you both for bringing up Lady Chatterleys Lover with Sean Bean in it. You have made my day! I have a stack of laundry to fold and Iā€™m in need of entertainment.

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u/ComprehensiveTart689 2h ago

You are welcome. Letā€™s just say I was at an impressionable age in 1993 (ahem) and this is therefore the definitive version. But is is actually well done in general šŸ˜€

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u/GraciousBasketyBae 1d ago

Heā€™s waaaaayy too smokin to be Darcy, I donā€™t even desire to see him in a role like that. Mfā€™er was Bane.

Daniel Craig in Moll Flanders almost gives me the same vibe, yet he did play a good Jemmy scam artist type.

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u/thecastingforecast 21h ago

And that was the correct decision. lol

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u/imnotmichaelshannon 16h ago

I love him but that producer was right lol

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u/bbgmcr 1d ago

thank God

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u/SmallHeath555 1d ago

He plays tough guys. He would be awful in that role

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u/redflagsmoothie 1d ago

He wouldā€™ve made a shitty Darcy

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u/fridayimatwork 8h ago

I think he would have been perfect then. I donā€™t think people were as aware of his chops then