Misters Darcy, Ranked

By Silvia Killingsworth February 9, 2017

A Listicle With Some Commentary

Picture Mr. Darcy in your mind’s eye. What do you see? Brown hair? Some eyes? Rich-man ruffle shirts and short pants? Or rather, whom do you see? Colin Firth or Matthew MacFadyen? Well all of this is wrong according to a panel of experts. Apparently he looked more like a regular schmo, with gray hair to boot:

Portrait of ‘real’ Mr Darcy unlikely to set 21st century hearts aflutter

Wait, looked? “Real” Mr. Darcy? Yes, that’s right. We’re arguing over the visual integrity of a real fake literary character. Well in the spirit of such nonsense, why don’t we take a ride back and rank ALL the Misters Darcy we’ve come across through the years. I’m not including spinoffs like “Lizzie Bennet’s Diary” or “Bride and Prejudice” or whatever. I am including the zombie one though because that preview got me for like one second. Do not try to tell me Bridget Jones’s Darcy counts because he does not.

Here are the Darcies, in order from worst to best:

Sam Riley from Pride and Prejudice Zombies (2016)