You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it's almost inhuman. So, that's been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series.

I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.

When are you ever settled enough to have kids?

Marvel always make it fresh so you can give it your personal twist.

My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.

Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.

I've done a bit of live action before but the fight sequences, the wire work and the physical regime were taken to another level [ in Doctor Strange].