Will Kemp will star as everyone’s favorite Jane Austen male lead in the new movie Paging Mr. Darcy. The film, which will premiere as part of Hallmark’s Loveuary lineup, is one of four new movies with a Jane Austen theme to premiere during the month of February.
Kemp has been busy promoting the movie on Instagram.
“Mark your dance cards!” he wrote in one post.
Will Kemp
In Paging Mr. Darcy, Kemp stars as an actor portraying Mr. Darcy for a Jane Austen conference. Mallory Jansen plays Eloise, one of the conference’s speakers. Though the two clash at first, they are eventually drawn together by their mutual love of Jane Austen.
Mr. Darcy
Fitzwilliam Darcy is the name of a fictional character in Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. He serves first as a foe and eventually as a romantic interest to the novel’s protagonist, Elizabeth.
He was famously portrayed by Colin Firth in the 1996 BBC miniseries based on the book.
Mr. Darcy
Fitzwilliam Darcy is the name of a fictional character in Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. He serves first as a foe and eventually as a romantic interest to the novel’s protagonist, Elizabeth.
He was famously portrayed by Colin Firth in the 1996 BBC miniseries based on the book.
New Hallmark romance
Hallmark announced in 2023 that it would feature a series of Jane Austen-themed movies in its Loveuary lineup.
“Jane Austen’s stories are timeless and continue to resonate with readers and viewers of all ages,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, executive vice president of programming at Hallmark Media. “Our movies will bring her beloved characters to life in fresh, new ways and honor the many women who continue to be inspired by them.”
Alison Sweeney will headline the second movie, Love & Jane, along with Benjamin Ayres. The next film to premiere will be An American in Austen, starring Eliza Bennett, Nicholas Bishop, and Nell Barlow. Finally, Hallmark will air an adaptation of Sense & Sensibility. Starring Deborah Ayorinde, Bethany Antonia, Dan Jeannotte, and Akil Largie, the movie will be part of Hallmark’s Mahogany series.
A case of mistaken identity leads to romance in new Hallmark movie A Not So Royal Christmas
Will Kemp and Brooke D’Orsay will star in the new Hallmark movie A Not So Royal Christmas. The romantic comedy will premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas programming lineup.
Kemp promoted the film in a post on Instagram.
“We made a Christmas Movie!” he wrote in the caption of the on-set pic.
New Hallmark movie
In A Not So Royal Christmas Brooke D’Orsay stars as Charlotte, a London-based tabloid journalist who is assigned to interview the reclusive Count of Sorhagen in Nordin, Scandinavia. While visiting the palace, she runs into a groundskeeper (played by Will Kemp) she believes to be the count. She asks him for an interview and an eavesdropping member of the Royal Advisory Council tells the groundskeeper to keep up the ruse and grant the interview.
After giving Charlotte a behind-the-scenes look at the country’s annual Yuletide Ball, the groundskeeper raises a few royal eyebrows when he breaks centuries-old traditions. Things only get more complicated when a photo of the real count is leaked to the press.
About the cast
Brooke D’Orsay has appeared in the TV shows Two And A Half Men, Royal Pains, and Drop Dead Diva. She starred in the Hallmark movies Miss Christmas (2017), Christmas in Love (2018), Nostalgic Christmas (2019), A Godwink Christmas: Second Chance, First Love (2020), Beverly Hills Wedding (2021), A Dickens of a Holiday (2021), Wedding of a Lifetime (2022), and A Fabled Holiday (2022).
Will Kemp
Will Kemp attended the prestigious Royal Ballet School in England before joining Matthew Bourne’s dance company Adventures in Motion Pictures. During an appearance in Swan Lake, Kemp was spotted by the head of Paramount Studios. He appeared in a commercial for Gap and then snagged a role in the 2004 movie Van Helsing.
He has appeared in the Hallmark movies Royal Matchmaker (2018), Love, Romance & Chocolate (2019), The Christmas Waltz (2020), Jolly Good Christmas (2022), and The Dancing Detective: A Deadly Tango (2023).
He also had a cameo role in the 2023 Countdown to Christmas movie A Merry Scottish Christmas.
A Not So Royal Christmas will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, December 2 at 8/7c.