tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851687726423267832.post8360445131590533988..comments2023-10-29T07:42:22.065-05:00Comments on Modern-Day Jane: Midway CommentaryLyzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13246510346329581281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851687726423267832.post-72074485191206748262008-02-19T22:15:00.000-06:002008-02-19T22:15:00.000-06:00Following the provided link on Colin Firth to imdb...Following the provided link on Colin Firth to imdb.com one finds<BR/><BR/>"When Helen Fielding wrote the novel Bridget Jones's Diary, she based the character of Mark Darcy on Colin Firth's depiction of Mr. Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) (mini). In addition to the inside-joke casting of Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, there are several other allusions to Jane Austen's story: Mark disparages Bridget to his mother within earshot of Bridget. In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy disparages Elizabeth to his friend Mr. Bingley within earshot of Elizabeth. Daniel Cleaver lies to Bridget about a dispute between him and Mark, claiming Mark stole his fiancée; in fact, it was the other way around. In Pride and Prejudice, it's a dispute between Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy, and Wickham lies about who's at fault. The Darcy in both stories fails to disabuse the heroine's misinformed notion until it's almost too late. Bridget works at Pemberley Press; Mr. Darcy lives at Pemberley estate. Crispin Bonham-Carter was in both productions (his scenes were cut out of Bridget Jones's Diary, although he can still be seen in the job-quitting scene and can also be seen at the Kafka book launch where Bridget asks Salman Rushdie where the toilets are - he is seen as the man on the left in the conversation.)."<BR/><BR/>I don't recall having seen this series of movies (but my wife just said "not having YET seen..." ...appearently the connection was discussed at BST this morning and I may need to modify our Netflix queue").Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445980997391559036noreply@blogger.com