Firth: 'Darcy is history'

Screen heart-throb Colin Firth is dumping his English gentleman persona in favour of grittier roles - and he has already thrown off his Mr Darcy image in his latest film Where the Truth Lies.

The intense thriller, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival on Friday, shows the hunky actor playing a 1950s entertainer hiding his dark, sex-obsessed personality under an amiable façade.