It is a truth universally acknowledged that when a Pride and Prejudice adaptation is announced, fans must be in want of a glimpse at the new Mr. Darcy.

On April 10, Netflix announced that Jack Lowden, best known for portraying River Cartwright in Slow Horses, would be taking on the role of one of literature’s most beloved (and angsty) male leads, Mr. Darcy, in Everything I Know About Love author Dolly Alderton’s Pride and Prejudice.