Peter Firth

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His insistence that he's not very bright might be a defence mechanism - if people think he's a bear of very little brain, they won't ask too much of him...my husband does the same thing! Peter's obviously very bright when it comes to acting, but then that's true of quite a lot of actors: they're in their element when acting, but completely lost when not and they do come across as being rather other-worldly. Ever seen Nicholas Cage interviewed? He's a prime example of what I'm talking about.

Actually, Top Gear is a good example of it,too. Notice that Peter doesn't react quickly to some of Clarkson's quips related to the real MI-5...whereas Rupert does. It may be that Peter isn't particularly quick-witted but the interaction about the 'implied t' in Yorkshire showed he's clearly intelligent.