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Colin Firth's Iconic 'Pride and Prejudice' Wet Shirt Is Up for Auction
Colin Firth's white linen shirt from the BBC's 1995 'Pride and Prejudice' miniseries is one of many period piece costumes up for auction in the U.K.
In a statement shared via Kerry Taylor Auctions’ website, the costume’s designer, Dinah Collin, recalled that the “wet shirt moment” was unscripted and was created due to “male nudity” not being permitted on television at the time. Pride and Prejudice did not mark the only time Firth has been submerged on screen, as he once again jumped into a lake in 2003’s Love Actually and fought Hugh Grant in a fountain in 2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Pride & Prejudice closely follows Austen’s 1818 novel of the same name, where Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) faces her dear mother’s mounting pressures to marry her — and her four sisters — off to wealthy […]
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