I haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful of not repeating myself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.
I come from theater, and doing period stuff is so whimsical and imaginative and so outside any frame of reference than I have ever had so I prefer that just in terms of fun factor.
A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.
I've done a lot of period dramas, but I love modern productions, too.
I've never done a period piece or a comedy, and that could be something truly different for me.
I know I'm as comfortable doing period as I am contemporary. I suppose we grow up with it in a sense, in the theater. We get to put on costumes and play a lot of period dramas or plays so we're exposed to it a little bit more I think because of our theatrical background.
We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.
I feel like I've done a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies.
I did 'Little Dorrit' a few years ago; I really love doing period dramas. It's stuff like that I really enjoy watching.