British
heartthrob Colin Firth is filming in Ipswich. Source: AP
Brittany Vonow, The Courier-Mail,
reports
Ipswich, west of Brisbane, is
about to hit the big screen thanks to a new movie starring Colin Firth and
Nicole Kidman.
Heart-throb Firth was in Brisbane
yesterday, speaking to students at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
Kidman and Firth, famous for his
role as a rich Austen bachelor in Pride and Prejudice, star in The
Railway Man, a story of a man forced to confront his past as a prisoner of
war after the fall of Singapore.
The movie has already been filmed in
Scotland and Thailand.
Firth plays the tortured role of
Scottish soldier Eric Lomax and the Aussie Kidman plays his wife.
Filming for the project is expected
to begin at the North Ipswich Rail Workshops and continue on the Gold Coast.
Firth's female co-star is yet to be
sighted, with film sources saying her part has been completed.
Nevertheless, news has sparked
excitement in the community, with Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale saying Kidman
would be treated like royalty if she were to roll into town.
Film publicist Tracey Mair said the
actress would not be joining her male co-stars in the city, after having
previously said all the leads would be travelling to Ipswich.
"Kidman's scenes were actually
completed in the UK and Thailand, but the rest of the cast, including Firth,
will be filming on the Gold Coast and in Ipswich," Ms Mair said.
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