Mr. Darcy Darcy have also been published, among them American writer Pamela Aidan's "Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman" trilogy, and English author Janet Aylmer's successful novel "Darcy's Story" published in the UK () and later in the United States (). Helen Fielding has admitted she "pillaged her plot" for "Bridget Jones's Diary" from "Pride and Prejudice". In "Bridget Jones's Diary" and its sequel "", Bridget Jones is constantly mentioning the 1995 BBC adaptation and repeatedly watches the scene in the fourth episode where Darcy (Colin Firth) emerges from a pond wearing a wet white shirt, and refers to the Darcy and Elizabeth of the
Pride and Prejudice (1940 film) and Darcy and Mr. Bingley taking Jane's hand, while Mrs. Bennet is spying on both couples and seeing how her other daughters have found good suitors. The filming of "Pride and Prejudice" was originally scheduled to start in October 1936 under Irving Thalberg's supervision, with Clark Gable and Norma Shearer cast in the leading roles. Following Thalberg's death on September 13, 1936, pre-production activity was put on hold. In August 1939, MGM had selected George Cukor to direct the film, with Robert Donat now cast opposite Shearer. The studio had considered filming in England, but these plans were changed at