Turns out, even Tom Hardy isn’t immune to the occasional casting curveball.
In a recent appearance on Dogs Asking Questions with @vt and @thinbluepaw, Hardy casually dropped a story about the time he auditioned to play Mr Darcy — and didn’t exactly sweep the room off its feet.
"I was categorically told by a lovely producer," he recalled, "that all the women have an image or a vision of what Mr Darcy is... You just aren’t it."
Hard to argue with. Colin Firth all but redefined the role in the BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice — brooding, buttoned-up, and emerging from a lake in that shirt. And Matthew Macfadyen followed suit in 2005, playing Darcy with a soft-spoken intensity that made Keira Knightley’s Elizabeth Bennet weak in the knees (and most of the audience too).
Tom Hardy? Less misty field, more rooftop chase.
His response to the rejection? Not much. "This is show biz," he said — end of story. No sulking, no rehashing. Just Hardy being Hardy.
And really, who needs Darcy when you’ve got Bane, Bronson, Alfie Solomons and Mad Max under your belt?
Austen’s loss. Cinema chaos’s gain.
