Colin Firth found prisoner filming tough in Queensland paradise
Actor Colin Firth struggled to get into character to play a prisoner of war in new movie The Railway Man because the Australian location for the shoot was "paradise".
The King's Speech star portrays a tortured military officer in the upcoming drama, which also stars Nicole Kidman, but Firth found the intense scenes in Queensland a challenge.
During a press conference, he told reporters in the country, "We
are all in love with the Gold Coast. It's hard to get inside the
mind of a tortured person (when you are) surrounded by paradise and
relaxed and chilled people - it's been bliss. It's hard to go to
work and work yourself up into a state of torment when everything
here conspires against it.
"This is my first time here and it's been sheer joy - glorious
weather, the food has been exceptional and the hospitality has been
overwhelming."