The first series, I did do a couple of things to try to get inside [his mind]. On the tube, which is our underground system- can we get arrested for this? Hold on ... this is a really bad reveal: I, like, followed a woman off the train one day to see what it felt like to pursue someone like that.

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I don't have specific people. There are so many people that I admire and there's directors that I'm desperate to work with that haven't even made a movie yet, probably.

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I'm not afraid to play the role of Christian Grey. Because I'm not like him. But I perfectly understand him. I never thought that he was a monster. He is simply woven from desires. As every one of us.

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I'm a feminist at heart, and I'm totally aware of why people have an issue with this show.

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Mass appreciation doesnt always equate to something good.

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mass appreciation

I'm still not aware that I'm good looking.

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I dont like myself without a beard.

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beard

I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.

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You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.

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scare roles challenges

I’m quite hyper, and my wife would prefer it if I sat down and read a book.

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down-and wife book

I think you only watch stuff you've done once because I don't think it's that beneficial to you. I think it's important to sometimes be like, 'What's that thing I'm doing with my face? I didn't think I was doing that.'

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You're in a very nice position as an actor when you're portraying a piece of history that actually happened and portraying characters that actually existed. There's so much more to draw on and your research as an actor becomes much easier than if it's some fiction that you're trying to create a world around and background and history.

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It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'

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I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

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Everyone likes a bit of competition.

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I've always needed to bulk up, so until the modeling took off I was ramming Big Macs down my throat and doing plenty of bodyweight work. I'm over the Big Macs now, but I'll still drop down and do my press ups whenever I find the time.

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I was and still am a massive fan of [Murphy] Cillian's work - always have been. Obviously he's a great deal older than me, so I've sort of grew up watching Cillian's work. But I'm very much a fan.

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I got to watch Anthropoid with this Czech audience and the story means so much to the Czech people so watching it with that audience was kind of terrifying but they responded very well.

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It's a tiny industry. Actors all know each other to a point where you always know someone who knows the other person who worked with them.

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I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.

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I am never going to please all 100 million people who read the book. I'll be lucky if half that number are happy with me playing Christian Grey. I know there are campaigns of hate against me already.

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