Colin Firth reveals he wants a third Mamma Mia film

Get excited ABBA fans ... because Colin Firth is ready to become a dancing king again!

In a new interview with Good Morning America, the 61-year-old actor - who played one of Meryl Streep's Donna Sheridan's former beaus in the Mamma Mia! films - was asked his thoughts on making a third film.

To which he teased that he would return for another film in a heartbeat.

"I think it could happen. If you manage to make a second one, I guess you can make a third, a fourth, and a fifth. It was already a miracle."

He added: "And if people want it, I would do it just to see my friends again on some beautiful island."

Firth also revealed that as "improbable" as it sounds, the films were just as joyful to make as they were to watch.

"Quite often it looks fun, but it isn’t," he explained. "We're actually at work, and it's hard work to make a thing look fun. Not so much this time.

"We weren't as drunk as we looked ... but it was just the sheer joy of this group of people."

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While the fate of the third film remains entirely unknown at this stage, with the global pandemic seemingly having delayed any further development on the project, Judy Craymer - who produced the feature films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, as well as the original West End musical - has always thought of Mamma Mia! as a trilogy.

She also revealed she would love the entire original cast - including Cher, Streep, Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, and more - to return for a third film.

Both Mamma Mia! films were huge box office hits, with the 2008 film and its 2018 sequel earning just over $1billion worldwide between them.

Craymer created Mamma Mia! after securing the rights to ABBA’s music following her working relationship with Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus on Chess.