Colin Firth will be knighted

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

For British actor Colin Firth, this year 2011 promises to be fruitful for prestigious titles and titles. The star, who won an Oscar for Best Actor last week, may be a knight by the end of the year.

According to British tabloids, the actor was included in the list of British candidates for the knighthood. He was honored with this honor, in particular, thanks to the leading role in the film by Tom Hooper "The King's Speech!". Earlier it was reported that Her Majesty personally approved the work of Colin Firth.

Copies of the film were sent to the Queen before Christmas, but her reaction only became known in early February. In particular, Elizabeth II was deeply impressed by Firth's performance.

The list of holders of the title of knight will be traditionally announced in June.

The actor played Prince Albert, who ascended the British throne in 1936 and became King George VI. By the way, Elizabeth II herself, daughter of George VI, also appears in the picture. True, at a very childhood age. Her role was played by Freya Wilson.

The list of applicants for the title of knight is compiled annually, and its compilation is timed to coincide with the Queen's birthday. Whether Firth will become a knight of the British Empire will be announced in early summer 2011.

At the beginning of the year, for his excellent performance of the role of the stutterer king, the actor received, in addition to the Oscar, the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards. And in early January, Firth opened his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Recall that Colin Firth gained popularity after the release of a six-part television film produced by the BBC "Pride and Prejudice" based on the novel of the same name by Jane Austen. Colin Firth received the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Prize, a BAFTA Award and a 2009 Best Actor Academy Award nomination for Tom Ford's directorial debut in The Lonely Man two years earlier.