You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did..

Every day, every scene, you were like, "My god. I'm doing a scene with Brian Cox today and then I'm onto a scene with Stephen Rea." For us young acto….

There's so much going on in Andrei [Bolkonsky]. He's wrangling with these big existential conundrums, and he tries out different routes to fulfillmen….

Being in Russia filming War & Peace...filming War & Peace alone is an extraordinary experience, but to be out there was just magical..

The Russians were all really accommodating, and that made it really special. To be allowed in Catherine's Summer Palace...Lily [James] and I have thi….

As an actor, I think most people have a tendency to want to demonstrate that they can act, they can emote..

If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightl….

I'm quite a smiley guy, I have my moments, but I think I'm generally of a relatively optimistic nature..