An interview with Matthew from the recent TCA panel in Pasadena has been shared on Philly.com.
You might not guess it to see him as Mr. Darcy to Keira Knightley's Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride & Prejudice" or the somber Victorian London police Inspector Edmund Reid in BBC America's new "Ripper Street," but Matthew Macfadyen sometimes has trouble keeping a straight face. In fact, Jerome Flynn ("Game of Thrones"), who plays Reid's sergeant in "Ripper Street," says Macfadyen and co-star Adam Rothenberg ("Alcatraz") are "the two biggest gigglers I've worked with." "Adam's terrible. He's terrible!" said Macfadyen in an interview earlier this month during the Television Critics Association's winter meetings. "We . . . got to a stage where we couldn't look at each other."
Another great article about Ripper Street has been posted on The Guardian.
But what nudges Ripper Street into superior territory is its cast. The keystone is Macfadyen, playing real-life detective Edmund Reid. Often careworn, and fascinated by the glittering prospects of the approaching 20th century, he's an effortlessly authoritative lead and a refreshingly modern presence in a period piece such as this.
