Colin Firth loves new smaller role, chats about ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’
December 27, 2011 5:54PM
Colin Firth stars in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”
Updated: January 29, 2012 8:04AM
Colin Firth insists that size doesn’t matter. He won the coveted Best Actor Oscar last year for “The King’s Speech” but is perfectly happy to do a supporting role opposite Gary Oldman in the critically acclaimed “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” based on the book by novelist John Le Carre.
“Don’t get me wrong,” Firth says. “I spent a lot of years working up to playing leads, but I still can’t resist a really meaty role. If I can really sink my teeth in then it could be the guy with all the lines or the one you remember from those 10 minutes on screen.”
Audiences are wondering about his upcoming role in the third “Bridget Jones” film. In “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” the former singleton is struggling with turning 40. She and husband Mark Darcy (Firth) are trying to get pregnant, and her annoying former boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) is still lurking around, too.
“I love the characters that Renee, Hugh and I play in those movies,” he says. “I’m always interested to see where the writers will take us.”
Cindy Pearlman
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