Red Magazine has an interview with Matthew Macfadyen in their May issue. This interview is now available to read online on their website.
matthew macfadyen talks hollywood, spaghetti hoops and spooks
Matthew Macfadyen is sitting on a chaise longue in a tweed coat and paisley scarf, looking reticent. In that moment he is the epitome of the brooding Matthew Macfadyen we’ve come to know so well in Spooks, Ripper Street and of course as Mr Darcy in Pride & Prejudice. Buttoned up and straight-laced, but with a hint of boyish vulnerability, a sensitivity that kicks in with a subtle widening of his eyes.
And then the camera stops, Macfadyen visibly relaxes and breaks into an unexpected deep-barreled laugh. This is the other side of Matthew Macfadyen. Underneath that British reserve is a warm man, with a wickedly dry sense of humour. ‘You do a role like Tom Quinn in Spooks and it sticks for years,’ explains Macfadyen. ‘And then the industry goes, “right, he’s the guy for serious, buttoned-up and repressed Englishman”,’ he says, snapping his fingers several times to emphasise the point.
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