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.

I had to imagine myself into certain aspects of [Julian Assange] character for our version of events. That involved extrapolating based on clues in his biography, his public persona, photographs, and other accounts of him by people who encountered him during that extraordinary period from 2007 to 2010 that we charted in the film [The Fifth Estate]. So, it involved a lot of research but, sadly, no contact with the man himself.

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life.

I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.

Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't, but I do find it funny.

[Doctor Strange ] is slightly more specialised than Spider-Man or Superman or Batman, but he's very loved by people who know him.

Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A