However, he
has done two radio interviews for NPR. A lenghty interview with Terry Gross
on Fresh Air (airdate May 7, 2001) and a much shorter one with Robert Seigel
on All Things Considered. Both interviews can be heard over the internet
at www.npr.org Type in Colin Firth in the search field and you will get
the links to the two interviews. See synopsis below;
Fresh Air
7 May 2001 (0:38:00)
Actor Colin Firth. Up
until now, he was probably best known for his role as Mr Darcy in the BBC/A&E
production of Pride & Prejudice. The film turned him into a heart-throb.
He stars in the new film Bridget Jones's Diary based on the book of the
same name which borrows from the storyline of Pride & Prejudice. He
plays hate/love-interest Mark Darcy. His other films include Valmont, Another
Country, The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, and Fever Pitch. Firth
shows off his writing in the new book edited by Nick Hornby, Speaking with
the Angel. (Riverhead Books).
All Things Considered
24 May 2002 (0:7:54)
Actor Colin Firth plays
the role of Jack in the new film version of The Importance of Being Earnest.
He says Oscar Wilde's comedy could be killed if it were analyzed too much.
The script requires a certain ability to go with the flow. He talks with
Robert Siegel about this new version of Wilde's play and the challenge
of performing the musical aspect of it.
Mr. Firth made an appearance
on UK radio on Red Dragon.
21 August 2004:
Six minute interview with Colin Firth on BBC Radio 4's Backrow about
being a romantic leading man. Show description: Chris Tookey
talks to Colin Firth, who broke many a heart playing Mr Darcy in Pride
and Prejudice and starred in Fever Pitch, Girl with a Pearl Earring and
Love Actually. Firth will next be seen in Trauma, where he plays a man
piecing his life back together after a car accident and in November he
returns to the screen in the Bridget Jones sequel.
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