Talk:Colin Firth/Archive 1

Nonencyclopedic content
The following, added by Michaelritchie200 14:37, 2 August 2008, was deleted from the Film career section under Biography, as nonencyclopedic content. Editors, please revise if/as you see fit. -- Deborahjay (talk) 15:41, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * In almost every film he's been in since Pride & Prejudice, he ends up in a wet shirt. In Mamma Mia!, he is topless but still doused in water.

Fourplay (film)
He starred in the film Fourplay but it isn't in his filmography. I'd do it but I don't know what year it was. Michaelritchie200 12:09, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's listed as a 2001 release with the alternative title Londinium. I took care of Wikifying both titles with internal links. -- Deborahjay (talk) 15:47, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Uploading difficulty
Has this page been locked? I note a history of vandalism. I'm having difficulty uploading edits. Am receiving a note saying that the server has timed out. This has occurred over the previous two days. Roy Scherer (talk) 11:43, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Also, while discussing editing - it seems strange to have his career divided into 'Film career' and 'Other Work' and 'Singing career'. Especially when 'Film career' and 'Other Work' both include television - and when his 'Singing career' is part of his 'Film career'. Possibly it's time for a re-write of his resume. 'Television', 'Film' and 'Stage' perhaps? Or simply 'Acting' if his other categories remain as 'Writing' and 'Personal life'. Is someone monitoring this site? Roy Scherer (talk) 21:36, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

La Fenice
I've added La Fenice (2004), reported by IMDB as being in development at that time, with a projected release date of 2005. Peter O'Toole was to co-star in a film based on mystery writer Donna Leon's novel Death at La Fenice. Firth was vague when questioned in interviews about the proposed film, and the film has yet to be made. K. Kellogg-Smith (talk) 12:08, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Academy Award on The King's Speech
why is it labeled -pending, are you so sure he will win? Do not imply that, its offensive for the other actors nominated in the same category. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.219.155.241 (talk) 09:53, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

His musical education -- joke being taken literally?
I saw this sentence:

While in Kings' School, he wanted to play the guitar, but the school banned the guitar and saxophone, as they were "not serious instruments", and he was told to play the baritone euphonium instead.

I immediately suspected this came from something he said in an interview, because it sounded to me like deadpan English humor. I looked at the citation, and lo and behold, it came from an interview on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Are you sure he wasn't joking when he said this? Maybe we should at least quote him directly rather than drawing any conclusions about how serious he was being. marbeh raglaim (talk) 16:33, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

The King's Speech condensing
Why were all of the awards and nominations Colin Firth earned for The King's Speech condensed to very few? Lacon432 (talk) 02:40, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see a reason for that either. He won very many awards for The King's Speech and I think that all of them should be mentioned. teammathi 14:09, 30 July 2012 (CET)
 * I re-added all of the awards and nominations. teammathi 13:31, 31 July 2012 (CET)

Another 'joke?'
Another "joke" is his accepting the honor of being "appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)" while simultaneously being a "vocal republican (i.e. doesn't support monarchy)." You can't have it both ways. If it weren't for the monarchy there would be no CBE. It seems his ego just could not say no to becoming a CBE despite his vocal distaste for its origins, traditions and foundations - the monarchy. Yet one more and entirely classic case of the hypocrisy of the left. Disgusting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.166.126.122 (talk) 07:31, 23 February 2012 (UTC)


 * "hypocrisy of the left"


 * Which is, unsurprisingly to those of more than little brain, strikingly similar to hypocrisy of the right, or of any other leaning. But thank you for sharing your personal hangps and very pleased to have been a release valve for your apoplexy.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.102.148 (talk) 22:36, 11 July 2014 (UTC)

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Italian in the lead.
Firth has only just obtained Italian citizenship, and this is hardly the most notable thing about his career/life. The lead is supposed to be a concise summary of the main article, not picking over every small detail. I have changed it back to just English - which was what the article stated until very recently. --86.176.113.92 (talk) 10:33, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * An IP has changed the lead. I am so-so on it, but more or less OK.--86.176.113.92 (talk) 17:34, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * This kind of thing has cropped up on other biographies before. It's key to remember that nationality and citizenship are not the same thing; MOS:BLPLEAD has more on this. Waggers<small  style="color:#080">TALK  10:42, 29 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Concur with original comment, likewise the most recent. I had put this on a contributors talk page but perhaps it's better here. Colin Firth doesn't suddenly stop being British (or more precisely English) because he's a dual citizen following the Brexit vote. The sources themselves say British actor. His notability is English, has received an accolade from the Queen which only a Brit can acquire, and has received multiple awards as Best British actor. His notability has long been established. To echo the above point, citizenship is not the same as nationality. Ronaldinho has Spanish citizenship for example. He's a Brazilian with dual citizenship. SkiFrz (talk) 08:46, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

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Tumbledown (BBC drama)
Always amazed that the media never refer to Firth's starring role in Tumbledown, the BBC drama about the Falklands War. Probably one of the most controversial tv programmes ever made. ''The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:212187.153.230 10:40, 15 January 2007
 * Tumbledown is a Wikipedia article and is referred to adequately here within the section ''1983–1994, "Brit Pack" boy. &#8209; &#8209; Gareth Griffith&#8209;Jones&#160;The Welsh Buzzard &#8209; &#8209; 09:25, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

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Devil's Knot
Why is there no mention of Devil's Knot, a 2013 unsigned comment added by Donn300 (talk • contribs) 14:34, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 January 2020
Colin and his wife got divorced so yall should remove his marriage and italian citizenship Errrrdfgr (talk) 10:13, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Any source saying he no longer has an Italian citizenship? The source also only says they have seperated, not that they have gotten a divorce. Recent sources still describe her as his "estranged wife". Thjarkur (talk) 17:24, 14 January 2020 (UTC)