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Jessica Biel says being one of the only Americans on the British set of Easy Virtue helped her relate to her fish-out-of-water character Larita. In the big-screen adaptation of Noel Coward's 1920s-era stage comedy, Biel portrays a U.S.

British actor Colin Firth says he was well-versed in Noel Coward's work long before he signed on to star in Easy Virtue, a film based on a Coward play. Asked if he was a big fan of the scribe, Firth told United Press International in New York recently: Yes. ... We grow up with it, really.

By Sheigh Crabtree LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After more than a decade away from the big screen, Australian director Stephan Elliott is shifting from gender bending in the Outback to a family comedy about a wealthy dog.