Jack Lowden vows to break barriers with ginger Mr Darcy role
The Slow Horses star spoke to Laura Kuenssberg with Martin Freeman on Sunday ahead of the opening of a West End play the pair are starring in.
The 34-year-old actor took time during the interview to discuss his new role in Netflix's upcoming six-part series based on the classic Jane Austen novel.
"I quite like the idea of being a ginger Darcy," he said.
"I think that is really breaking down barriers – one of the great last barriers to be broken down."
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The actor, who is married to Irish actor Saoirse Ronan, discussed the other actors who have taken on the iconic role.
"I quite like the idea of me coming along and doing something else with it," he told Kuenssberg.
"Or just copying one of them because some of the guys who played it are amongst the best. Matthew Macfadyen, to me, is one of the best actors on the planet. So if I just try copy him – maybe that's alright?"
Matthew Macfadyen played Mr Darcy in the 2005 adaptation (Image: Copyright: � 2005 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.) Freeman interrupted: "But ginger?"
Lowden responded: "But ginger, yep, change it up."
Freeman and Lowden will appear in David Ireland's The Fifth Step at the Soho Place Theatre, London, from May 12.
The play was also shown at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum and Glasgow's Pavilion last year. You can read our review here.
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