Hey, how are you doing?
I'm good, how are you? Yeah, not bad. Thank you.
Not bad.
I saw you very briefly at the BIFAs last night. You walked.
Oh yeah. Did you have a good night?
It was good night. Yes. Yes, First time I've ever done it. It's great.
It was fun.
It was a nice ceremony, wasn't it? Yeah, it was very, very good.
Lots of good films, one as well, which is which is always nice.
And congratulations on The King's Man.
Thank you very much.
I really enjoyed the first two movies, but this one felt
a certain kind of action, things and a little bit more outlandish stuff
in the other ones.
This one felt much more grounded and a little bit more personal
to Matthew [Vaughn, director], did you...
Were you surprised when you read this that it did go where it goes
because it does feel much more grounded
and much more, much more personal in some respects?
Yeah, definitely.
I think inevitably with with the subject of World War one at the center,
I think Matthew was keen to, you know,
keep that seriousness and not brush over the tragedy
and the like the the terrible human cost of that. And
I think I mean, I think it was a nice balance.
I personally enjoyed being able to explore the drama, you know, more
the weightier drama stuff with Ralph [Fiennes], Djimon [Hounsou] and Gemma [Arterton]
And then,
you know, being able to go off and do the the the more action heavy stuff.
It's not it's not common that you get to have that in a in a in a film.
So I was I was surprised in answer to your question,
but it was it was it was a nice surprise and it was nice to jump into it.
Yeah, it was grateful to be able to to explore it.
Yeah, it's a great character as well, because as you say, he's
he's quite a noble man who wants to serve his country.
He wants to do what he thinks is right and gets pulled into the setting of of war.
I mean, was it
did you were you were drawn to him quite quickly in terms of,
you know, his his journey through the film?
Yeah, I
think what's nice as well is that we meet him when he's 17
and then he sort of goes a couple of years, so we get to go on
a bit of a journey with him. And
yeah, I guess I guess it was that sort of.
It's also the age where you start to question your
not only your parents, but you start to question authority
figures around you and you start to
you start to want to explore the world and find out things for yourself.
And often that means, you know, making mistakes and learning the hard way.
And I think that's something I can definitely relate to.
You know, sometimes I'm
a more defiant if I'm told that I can't do something, you know,
and I kind of saw that in Conrad as well.
Yeah, you got to do a great thing, and I was to send to Matthew a great image.
When you see Ralph obviously all kitted out in his suit and his and his
and his hat and his umbrella and everything else.
one of the perks of this job is you get to wear some incredible suits.
It must be a great to pull that attire on
because some of them I mean, so, so, so, so sharp in some respects.
So sharp. Yeah.
Yeah, wonderful costumes designer Michele [Clapton] , and the brilliant team at Huntsmen, they've..
I mean, they spent months and months
getting this all together, and I'd never done anything where
where the the the clothes and the precision of the measurements.
And I mean, I love I love tailoring and I think it's such a
it's such a lovely art form.
And to be like, you know, just to stand there
and let people know of the incredible work around you,
this is great and it definitely helps, you know when you're going for.
I was going from a tracksuits in the morning into my lovely
three piece suits and then and then at the end of the day,
I sort of went back into my into my scrubs and felt a bit scruffy. So
it made me want to be a bit so.
I've just I've just you've got some fantastic films coming up.
You've worked with some amazing people I think you've worked with.
Saoirse Ronan and Sam Rockwell, I think you've done a movie, Woody Harrelson as well,
that must be so rewarding for you that you've not just in this film,
but were very fun and all the fun people.
But as you continue to go, you're working with with people that I hope to,
you know, help to refine your art as it were.
Yeah, definitely.
I think like all those wonderful people that you just mentioned as well,
that the sort of.
That is sort of people
that I've watched for years and admired, you know, beyond belief.
So it's like to to be
to be
in the same work environment is it's so
educational and oppressive.
And also, they're all just really amazing people as well.
And it's sort of it sort of makes, you know, when you're coming into this
industry, you hear about the
the horrible people, you hear about stories of sort of corporate
or whether it's like people in positions of power and you start to question it,
but then you meet those sort of, you know, actors and artists.
And it sort of redeems hope because you're like,
Oh, you know, you can be at that high level
and be like a nice person, you know, it is possible to the two have to be both.
So, yeah, you know, it's inspiring.
It's nice.
Yeah, it's
just really
is your character a really cool Dickie Attenborough
in that film in the midst of a murder mystery film.
Richard Attenborough.
Yeah, yeah. I'm planning on playing Richard.
Yeah, the not version of a version of sorts.
It's not like biopic.
I don't want to be put through in the great like Richard, but I
I. Yeah.
Yeah. Playing have to look forward to that.
Thanks so much for your time.