Peter Firth

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(03-01-2011 11:38 AM)picard1109 Wrote:  He's absolutely awesome as a serial killer - it's what made me realise that he's not just a good actor, he's a bloody brilliant one (when he wants to be...).

This is an interesting comment! I have thought the same for a while now. PF is a brilliant actor. Question is, why doesn't the whole world know it? Trying to find anything that he has been in is hard enough, trying to get hold of that stuff when most of it is no longer available is even harder. He mostly has bit parts, which are little gems - with the emphasis on the word "little". When he has a main part (such as in White Angel) it often seems to be in a production that has little merit other than his contribution to it, so it sinks without trace. I can't decide whether he has a really shit agent or just lacks ambition or judgment. Or maybe it's just really down to "the breaks". I suppose he is hardly unsuccessful when he has had the regular Spooks gig for the last ten years, and he did make that comment in interview about the younger cast members leaving because they didn't realise how hard it is out there in the cold, cold world of acting. I'm just frustrated by the lack of opportunities to really watch him in action.