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Q&A: Colin Firth

He's got the girl, but can he keep her? Does he want to? Colin Firth is back as the surly but smoldering Mark Darcy in "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason." He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin about the perils of being dreamy.

Can you believe you're in a sequel?

We're denying that. There was already a second book, so we're calling it a literary adaptation. We don't know what you're talking about.

You have a few scenes with Hugh Grant where you both sort of fight like girls.

Very disappointing to hear you say that. Years of military training went into what you see there. The truth is, we decided there was more comedy in being utterly real about how two middle-aged men in suits would fight. Very high in hormones, very low in ability.