In the House - Episode 11

This week, In the House talks to two Oscar nominees for Best Actor in 2010, Jeremy Renner and Colin Firth, as well the director responsible for the decade’s biggest box-office hits, Michael Bay.

Renowned theatre actor Jeremy Renner received international attention in the 2009 critical hit and multi-award winning The Hurt Locker. He discusses his role as the reckless Sergeant William James and the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) training he received to aid this role. On a lighter note, Renner shares his ambitions to star in a musical.

Colin Firth discusses his role in Tom Ford’s A Single Man, in which he plays British professor, George Falconer, who struggles to find meaning in his life after the death of his partner, Jim. Despite his well-loved performances as Mr Darcy in the television series Pride and Prejudice, and his modern day update in Bridget Jones Diary, Firth’s performance in A Single Man now shines as one of the brightest in a prestigious career.

Action director Michael Bay has produced the biggest summer blockbusters in the last decade, including Armageddon, Bad Boys, Transformers, and his latest, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Bay divulges the ingredients involved in perennially forging box office gold.