'He is an amazing actor': Kevin Hart on working with Colin Firth on 'The Intouchables'

SUNDAY EXPRESS
By: Stephanie Takyi
Published: Fri, October 17, 2014

The Pint-sized Philadelphia native, who measures up at just 5ft2, will co-star opposite Colin Firth in a film that tells the story relationship between a wealthy white aristocrat who becomes a quadriplegic after a paragliding accident, and the young "street-tough" black man he hires to take care of him.

Talking about working alongside Colin, Kevin said: "He is an amazing actor, I think that's a movie that did amazing numbers and so we're excited about doing the remake and switching it up.

"I've always been into drama, I just believe that everything happens when it's supposed to. You don't rush it because when you're patient the right thing comes along."

Despite beating the likes of Chris Rock, Jamie Fox and Idris Elba for the coveted role, Kevin denied his ego was inflated after warding off the stiff competition.

"We never know who else is up for it, you just know they've offered it to you. All those guys are so talented so It's not about beating anyone, it's the directors deciding who is right for the part," he told Express.co.uk.

He added: "I guess they thought I was right for it, so I'm happy and thankful that I have the opportunity to do it."


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Colin Firth & Kevin Hart Are 'Intouchables,'

THE PLAYLIST
By Kevin Jagernauth | The Playlist
October 1, 2014 at 11:14AM



The long-brewing remake of the French hit dramedy "Intouchables" seems to be coming back to life. Colin Firth, long attached to the project, now has Kevin Hart in the co-starring role. The movie tells the heartwarming, based-on-true-story tale of the relationship of a wealthy quadriplegic and his immigrant caregiver. Paul Feig was once linked to helm the project, but it's not clear if he's still involved. We presume more news will arrive shortly. [Allocine]

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Colin Firth: Making France's "Intouchables" bankable in the U.S. (REUTERS)

Colin Firth is attached to play the Francois Cluzet role, and "Bridesmaids" director Paul Feig will helm it. The role of the black, petty criminal portrayed by Sy has yet to be cast.

"I'm very curious to see how they navigate that very delicate minefield which we had to in France," Sy said. "How will they adapt it to the American context? That's the big challenge."

When asked who he imagines in his role, he smiled broadly and said, "Meryl Streep. She has such amazing depth and range that she would be entirely capable of playing this."

(The story was refiled to fix typo in co-director name, Eric Toledano)

(Reporting by Jordan Riefe, Editing By Bob Tourtellotte)


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Colin Firth: At long last, Intouchables has arrived By T’Cha Dunlevy, GAZETTE FILM CRITIC April 12, 2012 5:02 PM (MONTREAL GAZETTE)

MONTREAL - There comes a point where a hit movie takes on a life of its own. When Canadian distributor Alliance announced last week that the French dramatic comedy Intouchables' $281-million box office made it the most successful non-anglophone film of all time last week (beating Spirited Away), that point seemed well past. And yet, the film is just now opening in North America; so it may have more lives yet.

 Based on a true story, it’s the feel-good tale of an unlikely friendship between a rich, paraplegic man, Philippe (veteran French actor François Cluzet), and Driss (breakout star Omar Sy), a young black man from the ghetto who is hired to take care of him. The movie has had audiences rolling in the aisles since Day One.

When we held the first screening on Aug. 24, something happened,” Olivier Nakache said while in Montreal last month for the premiere. He co-wrote and co-directed the film with long-time creative partner Éric Toledano.

“We said, ‘Merde, what happened?’ We said that a lot (over the next two months), because there were many more screenings before the release. We knew we had something, but not to this extent.” Intouchables has raked in more than $280 million at the box office since it hit theatres in November.

Maverick producer Harvey Weinstein is pushing the film in North America, and has acquired rights for an English-language remake. Coming on the heels of Weinstein’s Oscar-winning triumph with another French film, The Artist, it is confirmation that Intouchables’s adventure is far from over. “We’ve talked a lot about a remake,” Nakache said. “We’re not opposed to the idea. But it’s a true story that has been entrusted to us, so we’d like to at least see the script and be consulted. The details are still fuzzy.

Colin Firth saw the film and said he wants to play the role of Philippe. Weinstein is very powerful. We met him and it went well.”


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Colin Firth may star in "Untouchable", remake of a French Dramedy (HIT FIX)

Paul Feig may be venturing into considerably darker territory with his next film.

The "Bridesmaids" helmer is in early talks with the Weinstein Co. to write and direct a new dramedy entitled "Untouchable", based on the hit French film "The Intouchables", about a wealthy man who becomes a quadriplegic after a tragic accident and later bonds with his young caretaker.

What's more, Academy Award winner Colin Firth - most recently seen in Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" - is negotiating to take the lead role in the film, which sounds like some pretty serious awards bait. Could the actor already be heading for his second Oscar? The news was broken by Variety.


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Colin Firth: Bridesmaids Director Paul Feig May Go For Oscar Bait With Colin Firth (CINEMA BLEND)

Variety reveals Feig has entered early negotiations to write and direct the American remake of the heralded French dramedy Intouchables.

Based on Philippe Pozzo di Borgo's heartwarming memoir Le Second Souffle, TWC's Untouchable centers on an affluent aristocrat whose adventurous life changes dramatically following a crippling paragliding accident.

Now quadriplegic and deeply depressed, he unleashes his frustration upon a string of caretakers.



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