That’ll be a double nonfat soy latte, breeches boy, and make it snappy
The fantasy of women worldwide: Mr. Darcy serves them coffee.
British heart-throb COLIN FIRTH has taken time out from acting to serve up coffees in global cafe chain Progreso - and his temporary career change is all in the name of fair trade.
The LOVE ACTUALLY star is a director of the high street coffee shops, which aim to solve the trade crisis that currently plagues coffee growers all over the world.
And Firth is happy to get involved and whip up a cappuccino, although he leaves his London customers unfazed at being served by a celebrity.
He says, “Having (my PRIDE AND PREJUDICE character) MR DARCY serve the coffee is a practical way of using my profile without giving everyone ear-ache.
“People seemed to think there was nothing more normal than having me serve their cappuccinos and espressos.”
Ha!
July 22nd, 2005 at 1:16 am
Oh, who are those lucky London girls? I cannot be that cool and I’ll make a fuss. “Where? When? How?” (panting)
July 22nd, 2005 at 5:01 am
Ooh, which Progreso cafe? Perhaps my friends and I can be served coffee by Colin after meeting Ewan in Guys and Dolls, lol!
July 22nd, 2005 at 8:32 am
Sarah/ You just killed me with a massive envy attack. *faint*
July 22nd, 2005 at 1:32 pm
LOL, I’ve just been having very good fortune lately, Jen! I’m here in England for the first time right now, studying abroad =).
July 22nd, 2005 at 7:04 pm
Well, if you can’t go see it in person,, there’s always this site–sexy pics of Colin Firth drenched in coffee (another promo he did to raise awareness of fair trade coffee). Sexy! http://www.maketradefair.org/en/index.php?file=dumped_colin.htm
July 22nd, 2005 at 11:14 pm
Sarah/ Maybe you could check out the new Darcy on the stage, too. Matthew Macfadyen is playing Prince Hal (a pretty hot character, too) at the National Theatre. I was in London studying last year. Bad, bad timing! Although I managed to see fabulous Nathan Lane in the Producers, he doesn’t compare to the Darcy’s and Ewan!
July 23rd, 2005 at 5:21 am
Ohhhhhh, really? That would be fantastic … I’ll definitely have to look into it! Thanks, Jen!