COLIN FIRTH is apparently keen to shed his serious movie image in favour of playing “a transvestite or stripper” on the silver screen in a future film.
The British actor shot to fame in a 1990s TV adaption of Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and has since gone on to play starring roles in THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARING and A SINGLE MAN, directed by first timer Tom Ford.
Firth is tipped for Oscar glory next February with his portrayal of stuttering monarch King George VI in the new royal movie THE KINGS SPEECH – but the actor admits he’d like to take on a very different role next.
He says, “I’m dying to be a transvestite or a stripper or a pop star. They just don’t tend to come my way.” In fact, Firth has tasted the flambuoyant only once as a closet gay businessman in the ABBA movie MAMMA MIA.
