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    Colin Firth to Channel Convicted Felon Michael Peterson in TV Adaptation of 'The Staircase'

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    The limited series project for HBO Max and Annapurna Television will have ‘The Devil All the Time’ director Antonio Campos serving behind the lens for six of its eight episodes.

    Apr 1, 2021

    AceShowbiz –
    Actor Colin Firth is stepping into the shoes of American novelist and convicted criminal Michael Peterson to star in a TV adaptation exploring the 2001 murder of his wife.

    The case, including Peterson’s subsequent trial and 2003 conviction, was documented in 2004 true crime series “The Staircase”, which examined whether the writer was telling the truth when he claimed his wife, Kathleen, had died at their home after falling down the stairs – even though the medical examiner ruled she had been stabbed to death.

    He spent eight years in prison, before he was granted a new trial in 2011, only to accept an Alford plea – a guilty plea in which the defendant maintains their innocence – for the reduced crime of manslaughter, and be sentenced to time served.

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    The docuseries, directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, was twice updated with developments in the case in 2013 and 2018, and now the mystery will be dramatized with Firth in the lead role.

    “The Devil All the Time” director Antonio Campos will shoot six of the eight episodes, which he co-wrote with Maggie Cohn for U.S. streaming service HBO Max and Annapurna Television.

    In a statement, Campos says, “This has been a project I have been working on in one way or another since 2008. It’s been a long and winding road, but well worth the wait to be able to find partners like HBO Max, Annapurna, co-showrunner Maggie Cohn and the incredible Colin Firth to dramatize such a complex true-life story.”

    Producers at Annapurna have been developing “The Staircase” adaptation since 2019, with Harrison Ford once attached to star as Peterson, reports TheWrap.com.

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      Colin Firth Regrets Playing Mr. Darcy in 'Pride and Prejudice'

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      The ‘King’s Speech’ actor is not really fond of his claim-to-fame role in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ as he believes it had a negative impact at the beginning of his acting career.
      Apr 30, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Colin Firth regrets taking his star-making role as Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” – as it led to him being typecast as a brooding hunk.
      The British actor left audiences hot under the collar after emerging from a lake, dripping wet, in just a shirt and underclothes in the miniseries’ most memorable scene, earning him instant heartthrob status.
      However, he says the role initially had a negative impact on his career, because it meant he was restricted to dull roles that focused on his looks.
      “It tended to create this image that can restrict what kind of roles you are going to be able to find,” he tells Britain’s Good Housekeeping magazine. “Looking good and strutting around is very boring. I wanted to do other things as an actor.”
      The role also helped him land a part as Mark Darcy in the “Bridget Jones” films, a modern incarnation inspired by Jane Austen’s aloof but romantic hero. But he says the attention that came with those films also made him deeply uncomfortable – as he didn’t like being thought of as a Hollywood star.
      “I gained a lot of attention but there was a side of me that resisted all of that,” he explains. “Perhaps what kept me from wanting to be a big star, to use that term, is that I just hate the way that some stars behave. There’s a lot of arrogance and indulgence when it comes to some major actors.”
      Happily, Colin, 59, has found more rewarding roles later in his career, including an Oscar-winning turn as King George VI in 2010’s “The King’s Speech”. The star also pinpoints his Oscar-nominated performance as a gay university professor in Tom Ford’s 2009 film “A Single Man” as a turning point.
      “I was playing an older, sadder kind of figure and suddenly you’re seen in a different way,” he adds.

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