Colin Firth has never read Bridget Jones's Diary. Well, he has, sort of.
"I've read every word of those books," Firth declared to me over a very funny and agreeable lunch Tuesday at Gabriel's restaurant in New York. Firth is most forthcoming, and not the stuffed shirt he usually plays on screen. In other words, it is acting after all.
But more about not really reading the books upon which the hit movie in which he co-stars are based.....more
Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Saturday, March 31, 2001
Interview: "Twice Shy" by Susie Steiner (Guardian Unlimited)
The global love affair with Pride And Prejudice (it was huge in the US) brought with it persistent press attention, not least when it emerged that he had been romantically involved with his leading lady, Jennifer Ehle. "They only discovered it after it was over. Livy and I had started up a serious relationship for quite some time. They get your number and phone up, pretending to be BT, then ask, 'Are you and your leading lady in love?' You let them write about it, and all this invented stuff comes out. It's astounding, breathtaking, what gets invented.....more
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