Keener 'has a crush on Colin Firth'

Catherine Keener has admitted to having a crush on fellow actor Colin Firth before she was aware of his heartthrob status.

Keener and Firth appeared together in Michael Winterbottom's 2008 movie Genova.

Keener told The Guardian: "He's very honest, especially if you say something idiotic, which I do a lot. He'll just look at me like, 'Twerp'. I found him hysterically funny.

"I have the biggest crush on him, then I found out everyone else does, too, because of his Mr Darcy, which I'd never seen. I realised I didn't discover this new sex bomb at all.

"And his wife - she's even hotter than Colin!"