The Sunday Mail 1 month ago

Celebrity interviews: Colin Firth plays miser's nephew in 3D blockbuster but grumpy star has eye on Scrooge

CHRISTMAS isn't Colin Firth's favourite time of year. So when his family found out he was starring in Disney's new version of A Christmas Carol, his eldest son naturally assumed his dad would be cast as literature's most famous grouch. Full Article at The Sunday Mail

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  1. Actor Colin Firth poses for Reuters in Beverly Hills in this November 5, 2009 file photo.
  2. NEW YORK - DECEMBER 06: Actor Colin Firth attends a special screening of 'A Single Man' hosted by The Cinema Society and Bing at MOMA on December 6, 2009 in New York City.
  3. HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 05: Actor Colin Firth arrives in an Audi TDI to ''A Single Man'' AFI Fest 2009 Premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 5, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: (UK TABLOID L-R Jack Rapke, Jim Carrey, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth and Robert Zemeckis attend the world premiere of Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' held at the Odeon Leicester Square on November 3, 2009 in London, England.
  5. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: A couple have their picture taken in front of a Christmas window display of a department store on Oxford Street before the official switching on of the Christmas lights on Oxford and Regent streets on November 3, 2009 in London, England.
  6. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: Actor Colin Firth attends the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival at BFI Southbank on October 25, 2009 in London, England.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Colin Firth attends the Bottletop Full Circle Fundraising Auction at The Roundhouse on October 1, 2009 in London, England.
  8. TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 15: (L-R) Actor Colin Firth and director Tom Ford from the film 'A Single Man' pose for a portrait during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival at The Sutton Place Hotel on September 15, 2009 in Toronto, Canada.
  9. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 10: Miss Nigeria Glory Chuku attends a Photocall for Miss World 2009 at Gallagher Convention Centre on December 10, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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