I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters.
It's great to be able to play the 'bad guy' role, because you always get a lot to do, but I'm always looking at the why - how does a person get to that particular point.
I certainly don't like to play a bad guy. There are no bad people. It's only shades of grey. Also, I am not a great actor who can transform completely into a totally different character for a movie. I am not a trained actor.
It's been great for me to play a real baddie.
I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor.
In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.
My first four roles were all nice guys, Raggedy Man being one of them.
I came to the United States to see what would happen in 2000 after working for 20 years in Australia and asked my agent to look out for the nasty roles because I'd become famous for playing the nicest man in Australia. So I wanted to play bad guys.
You know, the blond guy plays the good guy and I play the bad part, the bad guys. Which is a lot of fun. Playing the bad guy is great. And it's the whole British thing. You know, in so many films the bad guy is British. Gary Oldman makes a living doing that.
I've become accustomed to playing the good guy - maybe a rough exterior, but a heart of gold in there somewhere.