It's an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who's likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He's funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It's a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.

Doctor Strange is an origin story so there's a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.

Sometimes being away, on location, I feel like I'm away for much of my own life. I want to be better at staying connected.

Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.

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

I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.

I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.