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Actor Colin Firth, who recently attended the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy premiere at the Palazzo del Cinema during the 68th Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5 in Venice, Italy, believes film makers are not giving audiences enough intelligent and thought provoking movies, according to The Guardian.

“I do think there is a tendency to underestimate audiences, I do think there is an appetite to be stretched,” said Firth.

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And how convenient that Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy does just that – it looks to challenge the audience’s mind! Based on the classic 1974 novel by John Le Carre, the film tells the story of George Smiley (play by Gary Oldman), a spy who comes out of semi-retirement to catch a Russian spy.

Could this be a ploy to promote the new thought provoking film?

Firth recently confirmed that he is attached to the third installment of Bridget Jones’ Diary with Starbucks addict Renee Zellweger and [hopefully soon!] Hugh Grant, so no extra publicity needed there. And with the stems Cameron Diaz is sporting, the male audience is secured for Gambit.