Jack Lowden jokes about breaking boundaries as ginger Mr Darcy in Delight and Prejudice

Actor Jack Lowden has mentioned he likes the concept of “breaking down boundaries” by being a ginger Mr Darcy in a brand new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Delight and Prejudice.

The 34-year-old joked on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that “it is without doubt one of the nice final boundaries to interrupt down”.

In a wide-ranging interview alongside fellow British actor Martin Freeman, 53, he mentioned being educated by an ex-MI6 officer and their upcoming West Finish play.

On his function in Netflix’s six-part adaptation of Austen’s basic novel, Lowden mentioned he would possibly draw on inspiration from some actors who’ve beforehand performed the enduring Mr Darcy function.

“I fairly like the concept of being a ginger Darcy,” he instructed the BBC. “I feel that’s actually breaking down boundaries – one of many nice final boundaries to be damaged down.”

Sitting subsequent to Lowden a smiling Freeman mentioned he “agreed”.

Lowden continued: “I fairly like the concept of me coming alongside and doing one thing else with it.

“Or simply copying one in every of them as a result of a few of the guys who performed it are amongst the very best. Matthew Macfadyen, to me, is without doubt one of the finest actors on the planet. So if I simply strive copy him – possibly that is alright?”

“However ginger?” Freeman requested.

“Ginger”, Lowden replied. “Yep, change it up.”

Lowden and Freeman are set to participate within the David Eire’s West Finish theatre present the Fifth Step which is because of open at Soho Place Theatre on 12 Might.

The pair instructed the programme they’d not met earlier than they agreed to play an alcoholic and his Alcoholics Nameless sponsor.

Lowden mentioned he loved the darkish humour of the present, saying that, whereas it might be “corny”, laughter was “the very best drugs” and a method of “self-healing”.

Requested in regards to the Bafta-nominated sequence Gradual Horses, which focuses on intelligence brokers who’ve been discarded by MI5, Lowden talked about being educated in spycraft.

“We did a day with an ex-MI6 officer who was serving to us to coach within the artwork of surveillance and counter-surveillance. Strolling alongside and following a mark.

“He gave us a lecture for a bit after which mentioned ‘proper we’re going to go outdoors and do that’. However then he pulled the shutters up on the window and noticed that it was raining and he went ‘oh no possibly we should not’.

“So MI6 do not function loads within the rain,” Lowden – who has been touted as a risk for the brand new James Bond – mentioned. “Possibly it is trigger they’re overseas loads.”

Freeman then shared his personal experiences about being “tailed sometimes”.

“Simply by individuals, generally comply with you round. They usually assume you do not know and naturally you do know.”

Freeman mentioned these experiences are “much less scary and extra annoying”.

“It is annoying as a result of they assume you do not know they’re doing it. So sometimes I just do flip spherical and go ‘look, what would you like?’

“I attempt to be affordable with individuals and say ‘look I’m not a prop’.”