Colin Firth: 'I'd definitely do TV, at the drop of a hat, if I was offered a good role'

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Colin Firth says he'd love to head back to the small screen - if he was offered a meaty enough role.

The Hollywood heartthrob, 53, made his name in TV almost 20 years ago, as Mr Darcy in period drama Pride And Prejudice, and has enjoyed massive success on the big screen since.

On Tuesday night, The King's Speech actor was lauded with a GQ Men Of The Year award for Leading Man, to add to his already bulging trophy cabinet.

Speaking at a party in the Royal Opera House, where he mingled with fellow thespians such as Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Capaldi, Colin said that he was tempted to make the move back to TV.

"I would definitely do TV, at the drop of a hat, if I was offered a good role," he said.

A string of Hollywood stars have been working on TV recently, which is considered to be enjoying a golden age.

But Colin said: "I haven't really been offered anything."

He added: "I watch a great deal of TV, especially the US stuff!"

 

 

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.