Geoffrey Rush has revealed that he thought his new movie The Kings Speech was going to flop.
The actor is back on the big screen as he teams up with Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter to tell the story of King George VI as he battled a stammer.
Speaking to News.com.au: "The curious thing is that people start to say, 'Oh this is obviously an Oscar-bait thing.
“You do this because you've got [a character with] a disability, you've got a prestige English name, you've got a royal king.'
"When we sat and read the initial script, which actually came onto my front doorstep in Melbourne... the first thing I read was, 'Well no-one will want to go and see this,' let alone, 'Oh this is an Oscar-worthy film.'"
The movie has been a huge critical success and has been nominated for a string of Golden Globe awards at the weekend.
Rush has already completed work on The Eye of the Storm and will return as Captain Barbosa in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which is due out later this year.
The King’s Speech is out now.
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