Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)

Sam Riley: Mr. Darcy

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• Mr. Darcy : [in his letter to Elizabeth]  Dear Miss Elizabeth Bennet, I'm not writing to renew the sentiments that were so disgusting to you. But to address the two offenses you accuse me of. I did not intentionally wound your sister. It was a most unfortunate consequence of protecting my dearest friend. Mr. Bingley's feelings for Miss Bennet were beyond any I had ever witnessed in him, or indeed even thought him capable. The evening of the dance at Netherfield, after overhearing your mother coldly stating her intention of having all her daughters marry favorably, I persuaded Bingley of the unfitness of the match. If I have wounded Miss Bennet's feelings it was unknowingly done. As to your other accusation of having injured Mr. Wickham, no sooner had my father made clear his intention to leave Mr. Wickham a handsome sum than Mr. Darcy was mysteriously infected by the plague. It was left to me, his son, to provide a merciful ending.

  [beheads the zombie Mr. Darcy, Sr] 

  Mr. Darcy : Still I gave Wickham the inheritance my father left. Wickham squandered it, whereupon he demanded more and more money. Until I eventually refused. Thereafter he severed all ties with me. Last summer he began a relationship with my 15-year-old sister and convinced her to elope. Mr. Wickham's prime target was her inheritance of 30,000 pounds. But revenging himself on me was a strong additional inducement. Fortunately I was able to persuade my sister of Mr. Wickham's ulterior motives before it was too late.

  [walks away with his sister by his side] 

  Mr. Darcy : I hope this helps explain and perhaps mitigate my behavior in your eyes. Of all weapons in the world, I now know love to be the most dangerous. For I have suffered a mortal wound. When did I fall so deeply under your spell, Miss Bennet? I cannot fix the hour or the spot or the look or the words which lay the foundation. I was in the middle before I knew I began. But a proud fool I was. I have faced the harsh truth: that I can never hope to win your love in this life. And so I sought solace in combat.

  [scene flashes to night and London on fire with soldiers fighting zombies] 

  Mr. Darcy : I write to you from the siege of London. There is now a cunningly designed zombie attack. I sense a dark hand is at work. They are guiding the enemy, Miss Bennet. By taking London they've increased their ranks a hundredfold. Now we endeavor to keep them trapped within the great wall. This isn't the random act of some mindless horde. They struck the palace and both houses. They cut off our head before we could cut off theirs. If we should fail to contain them and they breach Hingham Bridge, It'll be as if a great dam has broken and they'll reach out for us swiftly, and in overwhelming numbers. Dear Miss Bennet. I implore you to be ready.

• Elizabeth Bennet : Mr. Darcy, you look as though you are fully mended.

  Mr. Darcy : I am. Thank you... If it wasn't for you I'd have surely perished. You have saved me in more ways than one. What you said to me on Hingham Bridge.

  Elizabeth Bennet : You heard me?

  Mr. Darcy : I did. It gave me hope.

  Elizabeth Bennet : For what?

  Mr. Darcy : That your feelings towards me may have changed? However one word from you now will silence me on the subject forever. You are the love of my life Elizabeth Bennet. So I ask you now... half in anguish... half in hope... Will you do me the great great honor, of taking me for your husband?

  Elizabeth Bennet : [happily]  Yes!

• Mr. Bingley : [while at the ball]  Darcy, you must dance.

  Mr. Darcy : [referring to Jane Bennett]  You're dancing with the only handsome girl here.

  Mr. Bingley : [referring to Elizabeth Bennett]  One of her sisters is also very pretty dare I say. Very agreeable.

  Mr. Darcy : [looks over at Elizabeth]  Well, she's tolerable. But...

  Mr. Bingley : Tolerable?

  Mr. Darcy : Yes, tolerable. But not handsome enough tempt me. Nor any other man here apparently.

• Mr. Darcy : Miss Bennet, although I know many consider you to be decidedly inferior as a matter of your birth, family and circumstances, my feelings will not be repressed. In vain, I struggled. I've come to feel for you a most ardent admiration and regard which has overcome my better judgment.

  [takes a knee] 

  Mr. Darcy : So now I ask you most fervently to end my turmoil and consent to be my wife.

  Elizabeth Bennet : [in slight shock]  If I could feel gratitude I would now thank you. But I cannot. I never desired your good opinion. And you've certainly bestowed it most unwillingly.

• Mr. Darcy : A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages. She must be well-trained in the fighting styles of the Kyoto masters, and weapons and tactics of modern Europe.

• Mr. Darcy : [to Bingley]  Carelessness when dealing with a zombie infection can lead to your abrupt demise.

  Elizabeth Bennet : [suddenly at his side]  Arrogance can lead to yours.

  Mr. Darcy : [irate]  Your defect, Ms. Bennet, besides eavesdropping... is to willfully misunderstand people.

  Elizabeth Bennet : And yours is to be unjustly prejudiced against them.

• Mr. Darcy : And that her arms are surprisingly muscular, yet not so much as to be unfeminine.

• George Wickham : The crown's funds are being drained.

  Mr. Darcy : [incredulous]  You're here to solicit money!

  George Wickham : I'm here to propose a venture that would end the war forever. These new zombies can be reasoned with. With the proper funding I believe we can cultivate trust and even good will with this new iteration of the undead, who seem to posses an inherent power of the lower ranks of their kind.

  Lady Catherine de Bourgh : [starts laughing, not believing]  Zombie aristocrats?

  Parson Collins : [smirking]  Oh, really!

  George Wickham : I prefer to think of them as souls lost in purgatory.

  Lady Catherine de Bourgh : [considering]  Hmm.

  George Wickham : The common hordes look to them for leadership. It takes just one of them to realize that power and then to lead the hordes into battle.

  Lady Catherine de Bourgh : The undead are like locusts!

  Parson Collins : [still smirking]  Locusts.

  Lady Catherine de Bourgh : [now determined]  They go forth and destroy. They have no use for leaders!

  Parson Collins : Oh, uh, except one actually.

  Lady Catherine de Bourgh : [turning]  Hmm?

  Parson Collins : Oh, well, um, according to the Book of Revelation the antichrist shall lead the undead, uh, on the day that shall be the last day of mankind.

• Mrs. Bennet : I consider dancing to be the first refinement of polished society. Don't you agree, Mr. Darcy?

  Mr. Darcy : No, every savage can dance. Why, I imagine that even zombies can do it to some degree of success.

• Mr. Darcy : A newly infected zombie is almost impossible to detect. Until they've ingested their first human brains, at which point the transformation accelerates with every subsequent kill.

• Mr. Darcy : [getting dressed after the inspection]  How are you able to discern that the wound from my rib was from fencing?

  Priest : I've been at this a long time, my son.

  Mr. Darcy : [skeptical, as he walks away]  I have no wound.

• Parson Collins : Mr. Darcy, I have made the most incredible discovery. Nay, tosh, an extraordinary discovery. Sir, you are the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

  Mr. Darcy : I know.

• Mr. Bingley : I hate to see you just standing there. You must dance.

  Mr. Darcy : Oh, you know I detest it when I'm not acquainted with my partner.

• Mr. Darcy : Let's see how reasonable these aristocrats are after their appetites have been whet.