Movie star Colin Farrell has confirmed that he’ll be among the stars acting out the scenes that Heath Ledger never got to shoot for his final film. He confessed that it will be an “incredibly painful tribute”.

Farrell, along with Jude Law, and Johnny Depp will help director Terry Gilliam complete the film he started with Heath. The superstar trio will pick up the role Ledger was playing in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus before he accidentally overdosed last month.

Farrell admits that he was flattered to be asked to help Gilliam complete Ledger’s last film. He said, “I will be honored to be part of that. It makes me feel uncomfortable to think about it too much and to get into it really here, but it’s an incredibly painful honor…..and an honor I wasn’t bestowed (on me), but an honor nonetheless. It’s about getting Heath’s work out there….He’s too good for any of his work not to be seen, you know, and I’m really keen and looking forward to doing it and just doing the best job I can do.”

The film, about a magical traveling theater, also features movie veteran Christopher Plummer. Production on the London set has been suspended since just before Ledger’s death.

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Colin Farrell was at a press junket at the Regency hotel in New York and was talking about his new movie, In Bruges, as well as the Golden Compass. As he talked about his other movie, Pride & Glory, he put flicked his cigarette ashes into his water cup, and afterwards drank out of it.

Someone couldn’t have gotten him another cup?

Hot – or not?

Colin FarrellC at the New York Premiere of In Bruges at the IFC Centre in New York City on February 4th.

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Colin Farrell at the Sundance Film Festival – ‘In Bruges’ premiere in Park City, Utah on January 17th.

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Colin Farrell is planning on spending the holidays with his 4 year old son, James! James has a rare neuto-genetic disorder and Colin is saying that he is making progress!!!!

The actor, 31, said at a New York screening of his film Cassandra’s Dream that James’s progress is “good” and stressed that the Angelman is a condition, “not a disease.”

With the holidays coming up, Farrell says he’s looking forward to some bonding time with James. “Yeah, absolutely,” he said. “All the family will be together. What are we going to do? Nothing. The usual – watch movies, eat food … take it easy.”

Farrell shares custody of James with ex-girlfriend Kim Bordenave, the boy’s mother.

In revealing his son’s struggle back in October, Farrell said James shows “amazing courage,” and added: “[I'm] incredibly blessed to have him in my life.”