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Colin Firth has just been nominated for an Academy Award again – and this time, we hope he walks away with the statue! When Colin Firth stars in a film, he brings realism to his character, whether he's playing a man who is awkward, tortured, charming or a tall, dark, misunderstood hunk.
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His rugged jaw and ridged sideburns, that curly mop of hair… everything about Colin reminds us of an age when romance was captured in a glance, and a single touch could be more passionate than a roll in the sack…
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Oh those eyes... intense, dreamy and intelligent, all at once. We could sink into them.
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This scene from Pride and Prejudice caused such a stir that there's a facebook page called "We Bow to Colin Firth and His Wet Shirt-edness"!
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Colin is such a man – sure of himself and his place in the world.
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In Bridget Jones's Diary, Colin's good boy character Mark Darcy reels Bridget in – with nothing but a tacky green sweater sown by his mom and his genuine adoration of ditsy Bridget. This is one film where the good guy just had to win the lady. Even though Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver is sexy in a crude, dirty way, by the end of the film, Colin has ensnared our hearts.
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What we would give to be that piano, gazed at intensely while he strokes our, ahem, keys tenderly.
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Colin is the kind of guy who would keep you chuckling over coffee, with self-deprecating remarks. In fact, when he was first offered the role of Darcy, his brother incredulously remarked, "Darcy? But isn't he supposed to be sexy?" We love how he'll admit the embarrassing quip without a hint of shyness.
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On screen, Colin usually portrays a sensitive character – remember Love Actually? His awkward, stuttering, and incredibly embarrassing proposal at the end of the film is endearing. Learning Portuguese just so he can speak to the woman he loves? Somehow Colin pulls it off without seeming like a complete moron: "I am here to ask your daughter for her hands in marriage. I've come here with a view to marriage me. I know I seems an insane person because I hardly knows you but sometimes thing
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This is all we'd need for a good night in.
Written by Kele Scheppers
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