When I Was Offered The

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

Youth Is A Predominant Factor. We Are Seeing A Young King Arthur, And Thereby A Young-ish - As I'm Into My 40s - Merlin. It Was About How To Tackle It, From That Point View.

From The Age Of About Five To Twelve I Was Very Bad, A Hideous Little Terror Who Beat People Up. I Was A Member Of A Rough Gang - We Went Around And Terrorised All The Pupils In School.

I Think All Experience Is, In Some Way, Shape Or Form, Filtered Down To Help You, In Your Present Moment. With Shakespeare, You're Trying To Act With A Fairly Archaic Language, Although In Certain Aspects, It's Deeply Modern.

I Don't Know What My Limitations Are Until I Reach Them. I Look For The Challenge.