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Colin Firth got tired of waiting to be asked to play James Bond.
The 54-year-old actor portrays a suave secret agent in 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' and while he was attracted to the role because it was similar to the shows and movies he loved in the 1960s, he joked he took the part because he had accepted he wasn't going to be offered the role of the iconic spy who is currently played by Daniel Craig.
He said: "I think to a very large extent, in terms of style, the character of the spy movies I fell in love with has its roots in the 60s. It's 'The Man from UNCLE', it's the 'Harry Palmer' films, it's John Steed's 'Avengers' and those early Bond films.
"It's the guy in the suit who seems slick and cool and capable and is very, very contained but you cross him at your peril. He'll get you with the umbrella or a slick move or a gadget or something. It was all that.
"I'd been waiting for the offer on Bond for long enough, but it was [director] Matthew Vaughn who decided that it was a good combination."
The 'Bridget Jones' Diary' star admits the director only approached him because he felt he was such a surprising choice for the part.
He admitted to SFX magazine: "Matthew limes to take your presumptions about people and then flip them on their head, so he came to me and said, 'I think you're the last person on Earth anybody would expect to kick anyone's ass so I think it would be a big surprise. But I would like you to do it, so are you up for it?"

James McAvoy mistakenly shaved his hair off for his 'X-Men' role.
The 35-year-old actor took on the role of a young Professor X in 2011's 'X-Men: First Class' and mistakenly thought he had to look like Patrick Stewart, who made the comic book character famous.
Speaking on 'The Jonathan Ross Show' in an episode that will air on Saturday (29.11.14), James said: "I did actually shave my head.
"I turned up and they went, 'No, no, no, no, no it's the 60s, we want him to be haired... well, not bald."
James quickly turned to his "dear friend and follicle felicitator" who returned his locks to normal, spending "about 24 hours putting hair extensions into my hair".
Meanwhile, James is expecting that he will have to lose his hair again ahead of the film's next instalment in 2016, 'X-Men: Apocalypse', but is none the wiser about what will happen to his character.
He recently explained: "I have no idea what's going on. I think I'm losing my hair finally. And in the movie. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know.
"I got an email from the Simon Kinberg, our producer/writer extraordinare, who informed me he was getting dead excited about stuff, but he didn't want to divulge anything for a couple of weeks, so I really don't know.
"But it seems fairly global, if we're talking apocalypse, maybe it's just the character's name but I think the nature of the movie will be fairly apocalyptic."

Kevin Bacon is to star in 'Jungle'.
The 56-year-old actor will appear in the survival drama, which is based on the true story of Yossi Ghinsberg, an adventurer who found himself lost in the Amazon rainforest for three weeks in the early 1980s, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film will be directed by 'Wolf Creek's Greg McLean - who Kevin has worked with before in supernatural thriller '6 Miranda Drive' - and produced by Arclight Films, after the Spierig brothers and See-Saw Films chose not to take the film past its initial development stage.
Screenwriter Justin Monjo will write the script based on Yossi's 2005 memoirs and a Discovery Channel documentary drama called 'I Shouldn't Be Alive'.
Gary Hamilton, Dana Lustig, Mike Gabrawy and Mark Lazarus will produce the movie and it will be funded by Screen Australia after it was chosen as one of 11 projects to receive $9.2 million worth of financing from the agency.
It has not yet been confirmed who Kevin will play in the film but some reports suggest that he will star as the "complex, dangerous and alluring" Karl, Yossi's Austrian guide.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in the new year in Australia and Colombia, with a release date yet to be confirmed.

The cast of 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' have to return to London to film extra scenes.
Chris Hemsworth (who plays Thor), Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), Paul Bettany (The Vision), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) have been asked to keep their schedules blank for two weeks in January to shoot extras scenes at London's Pinewood Studios for the superhero sequel.
The film's director Joss Whedon won't actually require all the star's to fly to England but had reportedly sent out an early request to ensure they would be available, if necessary.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, these extra measures have been taken to give the movie a bit "more kick-ass on an extravagant scale".
Chris Hemsworth - who has previously starred in the 2011 film 'Thor' and reprised his role in the 2012 flick 'Avengers Assemble' - could potentially be in the UK a lot in 2015 if he cast in the third and fourth installments of the 'Avengers' franchise, which are scheduled to be filmed back-to-back later next year at Pinewood Studios.
'Avengers: Age of Ultron' is due out in cinemas from April 24, 2015.

Chris Pine's mother helps him get into character.
The 'Horrible Bosses 2' star admitted he often turns to his mother, actress turned psychotherapist Gwynne Gilford, for help analysing potential roles and getting into the mindset of characters.
He told the Metro newspaper: "She's a fantastic resource. If you want to talk acting with her you can, if you want to talk intellectually with her you can."
The 34-year-old actor - whose mother and father, Robert Pine, both starred in the 1980s cop series 'CHiPs' - confessed he didn't always plan on following his parents into acting and would have been content emptying bins for a living.
He said: "Until I was about six I wanted to be a garbage truck driver but in hindsight it makes a lot of sense that I'd end up acting instead."
Chris also turns to his parents after a hard day at work as they understand the pressures of a career in the limelight.
He explained: "It's good to be able to share my professional life with my parents now.
"I can call them after a hard day's work and they understand.
"Having that common language with them is great. "

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's friends warned them against making 'By the Sea'.
The couple - who married in August, nine years after meeting on the set of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' - play a husband and wife struggling with their relationship in the forthcoming drama and their concerned pals were worried the material would spill over into everyday life.
Angelina - who is directing the film - said on the 'Today' show: "We did a drama about a bad marriage
"'A lot of friends of ours thought is was a really ... they didn't say a bad idea ... but they asked us a few times if we were sure we wanted to do it."
Earlier this week, Angelina admitted it had been "uncomfortable" working on the movie with her husband - with who she has children Maddox, 13, Pax, 10, Zahara, nine, Shiloh, eight, and six-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - but felt the experience had made their marriage stronger.
She said: "'It [was] uncomfortable but we've already shot it, we've survived it and we're stronger for it.
"It was very tough material, so for any actors it was heavy dramatic emotional work."
The movie is set during the 1970s and sees former dancer Vanessa and her writer husband Roland travel together. Though they seem to be growing apart, things change when they stay in a quiet seaside town and get close to some of the inhabitants.

James Franco and Zachary Quinto filmed a threesome for their new film 'Michael'.
The actors took part in the sexy scene alongside the former 'Desperate Housewives' star Charlie Carver for the upcoming drama, according to E! News.
James plays the titular character in the Justin Kelly directed movie. The 36-year-old stars as Michael Glatze, a gay activist who becomes a Christian pastor following a health scare.
His ex-boyfriend Bennett is played by the 37-year-old Zachary, while Charlie, 26, plays their lover Tyler.
A source told E! News that the three share a "romance" but when Michael breaks up with the pair, they are left "heartbroken".
James - who is also currently working on the film 'Streetcar' based on the play by Tennessee Williams - has posted several photos of himself and his fellow 'Michael' actors on set.
In August (21.08.14) he shared a photograph of the trio posing during a break from filming.
He captioned the picture: "BOOM! Welcome to our Boys Spaceship! Blast off!!!! (sic)"
'American Horror Story' actress Emma Roberts is also set to star in the film, which is due out in cinemas next year.

Caitlin Moran needs an actress who can cope with an "enormous penis".
The 39-year-old author has started hunting for an actress who can play the lead role in the film adaptation of her best-selling novel 'How To Build a Girl', before revealing that the budding actress must be willing to get stuck into the script's crazy sex scenes.
Speaking at the Specsavers National Book Awards at the Foreign Office in London last night (26.11.14) about the impending casting process, Caitlin explained her criteria.
She said: "Fingers crossed there is a girl out there who's funny, clever and has a lot of very funny sex and can cope with a really enormous penis.
"In the film, as in the book, scenes features Big Cock Al. So just someone that looks like they can manage something that looks like a Super Mop handle with grace and elegance while on camera."
Caitlin also had some tips for anyone who is hoping to get cast as the lead character Johanna Morrigan - which is loosely based on herself - as she noted that they will "probably" opt for an unknown actress.
She told BANG Showbiz: "I would say start eating now because you'll probably have to pack on about three stone.
"All the carbohydrates, just basically follow the belief, that a slice of bread could have no more than two or three calories in it and eat accordingly. If you have that main idea in your head as you're eating you will easily be able to play me by next year."

Johnny Depp doesn't care about film critics.
The 51-year-old actor no longer worries about proving his critics wrong and is now "game for anything" after coming to the realization that he was becoming too preoccupied with what others thought.
He shared: "First, I reached a point where I cared so much and was so diligent in terms of approaching the work. Then you get to where you care so f***ing much that it gets goddamn beleaguering, you know? But then a great thing happens.
"Suddenly you care enough to not give a fuck, because not giving a f***, that's the total liberation. Being game to try anything."
Johnny - who is engaged to the 'Never Back Down' actress Amber Heard, 28 - is currently gearing up to star in the fifth installment of the 'Pirates' franchise, 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales', but as much as he as "loves" acting, he admitted to being disinterested in the self-promotion that comes with the trade.
He told Details magazine: "The process I love. The other stuff ... I can deal with being a fugitive for a bit, but I don't know how much longer a human being really wants to be that. Actors essentially have to peddle their ass to sell the movie. All the by-products or occupational hazards of the thing."