Colin Firth
- 64 years old
- English
- Actor
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Love Actually sequel for Comic Relief
Richard Curtis has penned a sequel to his hit 2003 romantic comedy film Love Actually. The 10-minute special will air as part of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2017 telethon on BBC One.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2017Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey talk about bromance
They might be love rivals on screen, but Colin Firth and newcomer Patrick Dempsey have become a real life bromance.
The Mirror, 13th September 2016She has landed the Darcy (Colin Firth) of her dreams, but the course of true love isn't running too smoothly for Bridget. He's still a bit of a prig, and that charming Daniel (Hugh Grant) is still oozing about. The Thailand shenanigans (she's busted for drugs) are silly, but that down-to-earth Renée Zellweger charm sees this patchy sequel through, and paves the way for the follow-up, Bridget Jones's Baby, which is due on Friday.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 13th September 2016Bridget Jones's Baby review
Renee Zellweger returns as a newly-pregnant Bridget Jones in this disappointing new instalment of the comedy franchise.
MaryAnn Johanson, The List, 12th September 2016Bridget Jones's Baby review: "a bundle of joy"
Renée Zellweger's hapless heroine is pregnant - but unsure who the father is - in a comedy sequel that really delivers.
Stella Papamichael, Radio Times, 6th September 2016This adaptation of Helen Fielding's novels casts Renée Zellweger as a brilliant Bridget, piling on the pounds to transform herself into the singleton who eats, drinks and smokes too much and is looking for love - but with Hugh Grant's caddish Cleaver or Colin Firth's decent Darcy? Daffy, delicious fun.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 23rd December 2015Colin Firth is up for Bridget Jones 3
Could it be? Could Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones be coming back to the big screen?
Alistair McGeorge, The Mirror, 21st January 2015Ben Whishaw replaces Colin Firth as voice of Paddington
Bond star Ben Whishaw is the new voice of Paddington Bear after Colin Firth "consciously uncoupled" from the role last month.
The English actor, 33, stepped in after Paddington director Paul King decided that a "slightly more open and younger voice" was needed.
Jess Denham, The Independent, 18th July 2014Colin Firth leaves Paddington Bear film
Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth has pulled out of voicing the upcoming Paddington film.
The King's Speech star said he had been unable to find the right voice for the Peruvian bear.
BBC News, 18th June 2014Well, what else would you watch on Valentine's Day night? Whether you're a singleton or smug married, grab that tub of ice cream and snuggle down with this loveably rewatchable Brit comedy.
Bridget Jones, for anyone who's just arrived in Britain, is a mildly weight-obsessed, thirtysomething single woman with big mummy pants looking for love through a glass of Chardonnay.
She is portrayed, surprisingly well, by the normally size-zero US actress Renée Zellweger, who womanned up for the role by stuffing her face with pizza, Guinness, milk shakes and doughnuts. Talk about sacrifice for her art.
Anyway, the joy of this is watching Bridget's various, entirely relatable, mishaps and her mistakes with men, the lead contenders for her heart being Hugh Grant (dashing cad) and Colin Firth (uptight, haughty, dull).
The scene where they get it on - as in Hugh and Colin, as in having a big girlie fist fight - is a hands-down classic. YouTube it if you need a giggle.
Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 14th February 2014