Interview: "Love at Firth Sight" by Jessica Shaw (Entertainment Weekly)

Days after finishing Bridget press in the States, Firth is back on the Truth set, purging himself of Mark Darcy and reveling in his new persona. ''I'm attracted to dark stuff, and I'm in that mode right now,'' he says. But the darkness could come only after the dawn. ''The things that have limited me have also been currency for me....more

Interview: "Colin Firth: Acting like a man, fighting like a girl" by Nicki Gostin (Newsweek Entertainment)

Does the whole cult of Darcy embarrass you? Do girls send you their undies?
No, I'm afraid the feedback I get is depressingly proper. And I've lived with it too long for it to be embarrassing.

How does your wife deal with it?
It hit within weeks of us being together, so I think she felt she got a slightly fraudulent package.

But by then you'd locked her up.
Quite, and made sure bridges were burned.....more

Interview: "Keeping up with the Joneses" by Thomas Leupp (Joblo.com)

No, it starts to get confusing. No, there was never any talk of Colin Firth appearing as a character. That wasn't contemplated for even a second. In fact, when the contract was being negotiated for Bridget Jones's Diary four years ago, I remember when they were discussing the option for the sequel, which was part of the contract, I think my agent said to whoever was at the other end of this, "If there is a sequel, who will play Colin Firth?" And there was a long pause at the other end of the phone, and the woman said, "We'll call you back." They called Kit about a half an hour later, saying, "There are currently no plans to feature a character named Colin Firth.....more