1 day Ago By [email protected] (Monde Mwitumwa)
Colin Firth was left fighting back tears as he spoke out about the real life people behind new Sky Drama Lockerbie: A Search For Truth. The five-part series follows the aftermath of a terrorist bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. The attack killed 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans.
It is the worst ever terror attack in Britain. Colin, 64, portrays Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora was killed after boarding the plane to spend Christmas with friends in America. The actor appeared on Monday’s (December 6) episode of Lorraine Kelly’s ITV chat show alongside co-star Catherine McCormick, who plays Jim's wife Jane Swire.
Things took an emotional turn as Colin opened up about taking on roles of Jim, the father who had been through such a traumatic event. Lorriane started off by saying: “He’s an amazing man Jim Swire, isn’t he? He’s extraordinary and he just never gave up.” Colin became visibly moved as he explained: "The admiration I had for his tenacity and sympathy as well because he wouldn't have chosen this, he wouldn't have chosen to go on campaigns, he wouldn't have chosen to take the risk to go and meet Gaddafi, he wouldn't have chosen to have to keep questioning what he was told and I feel this is something that goes very deep and it's trying to fathom the unfathomable.
" He added: "I found that quite emotionally challenging to engage with really but I think one of things that propelled him as well wasn't just tenacity it wasn't just 'I've got an answer that's not enough I want more' - the answers didn't feel right to him." Catherine admitted that taking on the role felt like a ‘huge responsibility’ as she said: "The scripts were brilliant and we really wanted to be a part of it but when you are playing someone, what the Swires had been through and portraying a real person who is still alive today and very much going through whatever that process of grief was and is for the family.” She added: “That I found quite daunting and there's a huge responsibility there so you can only hope that once you have said yes to it that you did some kind of justice.
" Lorraine airs weekdays from 9am on ITV and ITVX.
