Stars Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen both appeared in adaptations of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Operation Mincemeatcast membersColin FirthandMatthew Macfadyenhave one very significant role in common: Mr. Darcy.
So did director John Madden deliberately double-down Darcy-wise while casting the World War Two-setOperation Mincemeat?
Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Matthew Macfadyen in Pride and Prejudice (2005).BBC; Alex Bailey/Focus Features
(out on Netflix May 11).
“I certainly didn’t.”
“Directors get hung up on actual ages,” says Madden.
Operation Mincemeat.Giles Keyte/See-Saw Films/Netflix
We were running up against the third iteration ofSuccession, and that seemed set in stone.
Then it wasn’t set in stone, and suddenly, it opened up.
So whendidMadden realize thatOperation Mincemeatwould feature not one but two famous Darcys?
“I think it was probably pointed out to me by Colin’s agent,” says the filmmaker.
When I told them that I’d cast Matthew, that’s when suddenly I became aware of it.
It’s a funny but accidental thing.
It wasn’t in my mind, really."
Watch the trailer forOperation Mincemeatbelow.
