"Passion. Seduction. Betrayal."

"My son happened to be in Los Angeles at the time. It was a three-week job and it paid extremely well.

It's a rather silly story about an acting coach who trains an actress by psychologically torturing her. I knew it would be complete rubbish and I sincerely hope no one ever sees it."[The Sun, 27 Aug. 1994]

Summary:

A talented young actress seeks the professional help of an acting coach. But he seems quite odd, and she finds files of other pupils murdered by him. As he tries to kill her to, she shoots him. As the police arrive at the scene a different corpse is lying dead on the ground, which seems to be the real teacher. As she fell in some sort of love with the false teacher, she tries to find him, and discovers that he was just an actor like herself, and that she is just a puppet on a string in a perverse and bizarre story.

 I was desperate to see him (son Will) after doing six months of theatre in Britain [Chatsky] so I said yes to the movie. But it was a terrible film and I hope it sinks without a trace. [The Weekly News, 1997]

If I want to buy a house, or am about to go bankrupt, and someone comes along with a hefty pay cheque for a ridiculous job, I'd do it. I've made a couple of pieces of crap, although when one is working one takes it seriously. Its embarrassing appearing in rubbish, so you con yourself it's worth while, even though the third eye knows full well it isn't.

But I do have a child to support. [Radio Times, Feb. 1997]

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Runtime: 91 min

Country: UK

Language: English

Color: Color

Sound Mix: Ultra Stereo

Certification: USA:R

MPAA Rating: R (Restricted: under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)

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Some information courtesy of The Internet Movie Database.

Also with thanks to the Colin Firth Career Timeline