How Colin Firth’s Mr. Darcy Paved the Way for Anthony Bridgerton

More than 25 years ago, Colin Firth made a splash when he played one of literature’s great romantic figures in the BBC Pride and Prejudice miniseries. Since then, Firth’s version of Darcy has become a visual shorthand for the brooding Regency love interest, a fraternity which recently got a new injection of smoldering poster boys in Netflix’s breakout historical romance, Bridgerton . The Firth-as-Darcy aesthetic is a thread that continues in Bridgerton’s second season through overt wet shirt nods but also more subtle references. Timing, costume, and actor all played a role in propelling this vision into the pop culture… Read Full Article