EXCLUSIVE : There’s no getting away from it: Colin Farrell is hot. To be sure, we are seated before a mammoth fire pit, the centrepiece of a swish enclave where well-heeled attendees at the Telluride Film Festival like to stay.

But the heat I’m referring to comes from Farrell’s scorching performance in director Edward Berger ’s new film The Ballad of a Small Player , which had its world premiere up here in the mountains in Colorado over the Labor Day weekend.

Farrell is the movie.

When I ask Berger why he chose Farrell, who starred in HBO Max series The Penguin and will reprise this role in Matt Reeves’ next The Batman movie, his response is simple: “Because he’s f***ing great.”

Upon hearing that, I laugh because Berger’s comment is a variation of the words that

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