Oi, Matthew MacFayden – don’t be getting catty with our lovely, lovely Poldark.
The actor who’s starring in the new film adaptation of Spooks spoke to the Radio Times and he had a few choice words to say about hunky period drama characters (cough, Poldark, cough).
“You do the deal and then the personal trainer gets in touch.
“When I see it on screen, it immediately smacks of vanity because I know what’s happened – they’ve been doing crunches, 50,000 press-ups before breakfast and a character in a period drama wouldn’t have done that.”
Matthew was explaining that his body didn’t impress studio bigwigs when he played Mr Darcy in 2005’s Pride and Prejudice.
“Darcy would have been quite fit because he rode horses and all that stuff, but if I ripped off my shirt to show a six-pack… well, that’s a gym thing,” Matthew continued.
Well, we see your point, Matthew. But the thing is, we love Aidan Turner and his six pack and that’s not going to change any time soon.
And no, Poldark wouldn’t have been into pilates or rocket yoga or any of that. But that topless crop harvesting? That’s actually an ancient and proven way of getting perfect abs*, so there.
*Maybe.