He's quite clearly a humble and funny guy outside of his work, so I really wish he would stop playing these stereotypical British, buttoned-up, repressed characters! I haven't seen one performance of his I've liked (save for "Genova", but I found the film itself confusing... )
Somebody said that he was "badass" in Kingsmen, so I'm hoping that that's the film which really makes me admire him... Ralph Fiennes has played a 'lower-class' character in "Strange Days", despite being from a fairly privileged background himself, so why can't Colin lose the airs and graces, on-screen... ? I'm waiting! If somebody could point me in the right direction, that would be good (and yes, I have seen "Fever Pitch"... It doesn't count... Even though it's about football - the ultimate working-class game - he's still as mannered as ever!)
I wish he could let THIS side of himself loose, on film:
Through my film work, I've tended to represent precisely the kind of Englishman that I'm not - the repressed figure of mythology. It's hard to run into those guys now. I'll give you £100 for every guy with a bowler hat and umbrella you see walking the streets of London who's not going to a fancy dress party. My generation weren't saying, I can't wait to grow up so I can put on a pin-stripe suit and go to an office. They were piercing their ears and learning to play the guitar. If you want to define a modern Englishman, you might as well look at Keith Richards, John Lydon or Ray Winstone, rather than John Major or 'Prince Charles'.
... I know it's in there; he's said it, himself!
"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"
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