But It's A Strange Thing When People

I Also Wanted To Have Fun With It. I Wanted To Have The Scope, Which I Felt Merlin Has, In His Machiavellian Bi-polar Way. He's Not To Be Trusted, Yet He Is Fighting For This Great Power And Is Really A Master, To Some Degree, In Orchestrating Camelot And King Arthur. He's A Strange, Dark Devious Character, And I Just Wanted To Have Fun, And Get Away From The Cloak And Long Beard And Pointy Hat.

Whether You're A Believer Or Not, I Think There's A Huge Value In Understanding The Quality Of Redemption.

A Large Part Of How An Actor Works And Their Process Is The Stimulation Of What's Around You, And None More So Than In A Period Piece. This Is A Modern Piece, As Much As It Is Set In A Different Time, Age And Myth. If It Wasn't Relevant, It Wouldn't Have Been Made And We Wouldn't Be Putting Our Energy Into It. It's Relevant For Us Today Because, In Some Ways, It Throws Up A Mirror To All Of Us. As An Actor, You Get Stimulus And You're Effected By That, Whether It's Costumes Or Funny Beards Or Castles.

When I Was Offered The Part In Shakespeare In Love A Voice In My Head Said 'not Another Tights Role!

I Can Only Put Myself In The Process And Try To Learn Through The Process. Sometimes It Will Go Well And Sometimes It Won't.