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Is it getting warm in here....or is it just us? As soon as we catch a glimpse of Colin Firth, we get hot under the collar. Frankly, it was the bit in Bridget Jones' Diary when he said he liked her 'just the way she was' that swung us. And after waiting patiently for another chance to coo over him, it has now arrived. High brow it may be, but with the release of his new flick, The Importance of Being Earnest, you can bet we won't be there for the Oscar Wilde quotes. So let's just skip the plot shall we?

Despite his penchant for playing conservative, stuffy types, don't be fooled. If he hadn't been an actor, Colin said he'd probably have been a criminal. "I would have been a rather pathetic minor criminal. I wouldn't have been imaginative or evil enough."

Really? We suspect his son Luca might disagree about the evil bit. After all, when Luca was born in March last year, daddy Firth said he looked like a turnip! "But, I mean, you know, a beautiful turnip as root vegetables go..." said Colin. Just like a man to try and wangle out of it later.

Still, despite his slightly dodgy credentials we still wouldn't mind being the wild pig he once filmed with: "She came over and lay down across my feet and went to sleep," he said, "and from that day on there was an extraordinary bond. She had a passion for me." Mmm, we know how she feels.

Article Courtesy of New Woman - July 2002.

Also available is the scanned version of this article. Thanks to Suz.