In 1995, the British television series Pride and Prejudice appeared on cinema screens. This was not the first film adaptation of the book by Jane Austen, but she was destined to become the most famous, thanks to the performer of the role - Colin Firth. The British Helen Fielding liked the image he created so much that she wrote her own novel, in which the main character was named in his honor - Mark Darcy. In the interpretation of Fielding, this character turned out to be no less charming and noble than that of Miss Austin.
Marc Darcy (Bridget Jones's Diary)
This character first appears in Bridget Jones's Diary. The plot is very reminiscent of Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen.
Marc Darcy, like his famous namesake, is the embodiment of the ideal of a man. He has excellent manners, and besides, he is noble and honest. As a human rights advocate, he serves the public good. However, the nobility of Mark is his Achilles heel - others often use it for selfish purposes.
As in the famous book, when they first met Bridget and Mark did not like each other, but by coincidence, they meet again and again at various events.
If Darcy gradually falls in love with charming fatty Jones, then the girl is biased towards him. The fact is that her boss - sexy Daniel Cleaver, seeing interest in Bridget his old friend, lied that Darcy took his bride.
In fact, Mark Darcy was himself a victim of Cleaver's machinations. He was the lover of the wife of Mark, which led to a divorce.
Bridget knows the truth about Darcy soon. Moreover, she is able to verify the merits of Mark from her own experience. Indeed, as in the Austin novel, the hero saves her family from shame and ruin.
The fate of Bridget and Mark in other books by Helen Fielding
In 1999, the second novel of the series was published - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
This book has become a modernized version of another Jane Austen novel, Reason for Reason.
The noble handsome lawyer Mark Darcy in the new work is still irresistible. At first, their relationship with Bridget was just fine. But due to the advice of friends and various books on psychology, the girl begins to doubt her lover. In addition, the bbw has a rival - Rebecca. This woman goes on a trick to separate the lovers.
Trying to heal the wounds after breaking up with Mark, Jones and his girlfriend go to Thailand. Here they meet the charming Jed, who is trying to use them for drug smuggling. The bastard does not succeed, and he escapes, and the innocent Bridget goes to prison.
Despite the gap, Mark helps the ex get out. Later, they sort things out and decide never to leave again.
In the third novel of the series (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy), Mark appears only occasionally, and even then in the memoirs of the main character. The fact is that the main man in life, Bridget died, leaving Mrs. Darcy a widow with two children in her arms. Fortunately for his family, he left them a solid legacy.
The absence of this character in the book is felt very sharply, and although Fielding tried to replace him with Scott Wallaker, it was all wrong.
The Fate of Mark Darcy, according to the movie Bridget Jones's Baby
Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy were forever separated due to the fact that Helen Fielding "killed" the protagonist in the last book.
However, the creators of Bridget Jones's Baby decided that the audience is not ready to part with the charming Mark Darcy performed by Briton
Colin Firth.The picture takes place in 10 years (in the book after 20). Bridget and Mark broke up, and the hero married another. However, this relationship did not bring him happiness, and he is in a state of divorce.
Once, after drinking at one celebration, the ex-lovers spend the night together, and later it turns out that Miss Jones is pregnant. The only problem is that shortly before the night with Mark she slept with another man, and it is not known who the father of her child is. For 9 months, Mark and Bridget have been trying to figure out their feelings and only during childbirth they understand that they love each other and want to be together. In the finale of the picture, they get married.
Mark Darcy - actor Colin Firth
As in the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice in 1995, Briton Colin Firth played in all 3 films about a bbw Jones charming Darcy.
Today he is one of the most sought-after actors in the world, but before his role in Pride and Prejudice he was practically unknown to anyone, although he starred in the movie for almost a decade (“Lady with Camellias”, “Valmont”). When he was offered to play Mr. Darcy for the first time, Firth did not agree for a long time, believing that he was not suitable for this role.
After “Pride and Prejudice”, the actor became known throughout the world, but his career continued to slip. Having starred in several motion pictures (Donovan Quick, My Fun Life, Blue Blood), at the beginning of the new millennium, Colin received an invitation to play Mr. Darcy in Bridget Jones's Diary.
Oddly enough, after the role of a gentleman's lawyer, a career in the movie Fert went uphill. He began to act not only in British films, but also in Hollywood. And in 2010 he received an Oscar for the role of George VI in The King's Speech.
No matter how sad it is to admit it, it’s time for Mark Darcy fans to say goodbye to this character, because the plot of the last book of Fielding once and for all put an end to his fate. The only thing fans still hope for is that Helen Fielding will describe the life of the Darcy spouses before Mark's death in a separate book. Whether the writer will meet the expectations of fans - time will tell.