And natural excitement, go!
This is so exciting!
-Hello.
GQ Awards!
Yes, that's what it says behind me apparently. Yeah, no it's very, very confusing walking
a line of, well a street and having it like that and then having - I think people think
it's just part of what actors are used to doing - it's really heightened and odd so
this, I kind of, for a moment, thank you for reminding me forgot what I was doing and where
I was but yeah no it's GQ Awards which is wonderful.
Very classy magazine to be awarded by.
Indeed. And if you could give a cheeky award, a personal one to someone you just really
admire at the moment who would it be?
Well there are quite a few men in absence here this year - Tony Benn, Robin Williams,
Richard Attenborough - you know we've lost great men so I'd sort of award it to those
three of the top of my head and living - who are dear to me - I'd probably, definitely
give Man of the Year to my best friend Adam Ackland but he'd have to split part of it
with my father, Tim. Timothy. So yeah, those are the two that get my vote.
You've had an extremely busy summer, well extremely busy schedule for the last kind
of few years
-Few years, yeah, yeah!
-Tell me, four months, what do they hold for you? The...
-The next four months?
So I'm in the midst of, I've just wrapped on playing Shere Khan for Andy Serkis, The
Jungle Book and I'm now in rehearsals for Richard the Third and that's going very well.
That's for the BBC for the Hollow Crown series. Dominic Cooke is directing all three which
is really exciting. I worked with him at the Royal Court first so that's going to take
me all the way to January because we're doing the Henry plays before Henry the Sixth part
one and two and three but there's two films and then Richard the Third so a lot of work
until January.
That's so exciting! Before you go, when you do have your downtime how on earth do you relax?
By not doing very much. By doing what other people do - by seeing friends and family,
by vegging out watching television, films, just travelling and being in nature. I love, I love
both of those things for relaxing and being at home - that feels like a holiday sometimes.
But you know I can't complain, I'm very happy.
It was so lovely to see you.
-Nice to meet you Poppy
-Enjoy tonight. See you!