Post by sgev1977 on Apr 12, 2018 16:57:10 GMT
“I always had ambition, I guess, and I was watching people doing great work on bigger cameras,” he says. “I learnt a lot from watching James McAvoy’s career, thinking he’s been so smart, he’s made such brilliant choices, and he has a wonderful agent who is an adorable human being. I remember how his stepping stones were just standout performances in T.V. dramas, like State of Play and Shameless, and then he started getting the leads. And Starter for 10 was one of his first leads, and was the same year as The Last King of Scotland.
“I was never going to become the matinee idol that he was becoming, I knew it was going to be a longer journey. Initially, because mum and dad are actors, I looked at people like [Ian] McKellen and their generation, and Patrick Stewart and how they had built up this really stellar theatre career. I always imagined it would be a lot like my parents’ generation — I’d do the classics, I’d do theatre all over the country, and slowly build it up. I kind of did that but in a far more fast-track version.
“I was never going to become the matinee idol that he was becoming, I knew it was going to be a longer journey. Initially, because mum and dad are actors, I looked at people like [Ian] McKellen and their generation, and Patrick Stewart and how they had built up this really stellar theatre career. I always imagined it would be a lot like my parents’ generation — I’d do the classics, I’d do theatre all over the country, and slowly build it up. I kind of did that but in a far more fast-track version.
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He looks very handsome!