My Dad Was Working Abroad, In Iraq,

I Suppose The Biggest Strain Was That Hoodwink Is A High-octane Character And He's Up There Like All The Time. Once He's On His Journey There's No Let Up For The Man, So I Actually Found It A Massively Exhausting Job To Keep That Level Up.

It's A Different Rhythm Than Most Movies. For A Lot Of The Actors, You're 12,000 Miles Away From Home. It Becomes A Way Of Life - Getting Up At Five In The Morning, Shooting Every Day, Day In Day Out, For 270 Days. The New Cast Playing The Dwarves Were Carrying Incredibly Heavy Weights In Their Suits, They Sat Through Hours Of Make-up Every Day. So It's Quite Challenging From A Stamina Point Of View.

Caesar [from The Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes] Was Brought Up With Human Beings And Because Of The Drug He Had Pretty Much Grown Up With His Whole Life, He Felt Like An Outsider, He Felt Trapped In An Ape's Body But He Didn't Really Feel Like An Ape And That Was My Way Into The Character. So He's Always Had This Duality Playing Him From An Infant All The Way To Now As A Fifty-five Year Old Ape.

35mm Film Isn't Ticking Away So It's Subconscious - Performances Are Allowed To Breathe In A Much More Real Way I Think.

When I Was In Theater I Was Forever Trying To Inhabit A Space Which Puts Yourself Under The Microscope As An Actor And Your Personality And Your Take On Life, But Actually Through Another Portal Of A Character.