Hollywood star Jason Statham said tonight he was poised to break his tough guy mould and do a romantic comedy.

The story, well told, of how Burt Munro (Hopkins) set out in the late l960s to beat the Land Speed Record at Bonneville Salt Flats on his vamped-up l920 Indian Twin Scout motor-cycle.

Dubliner Farrell may be in just about every film that comes our way, but he's still picking good roles.