It's an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has created an exquisite script. His attention to detail is impeccable.

A successful swindler has to be a great salesman even more than a great actor.

I love seeing my characters big up there and I would have liked to have reached a different public in movies from my television public. There's still a part of me that wishes that my character range could be seen on the big screen. Rather, as Rod Steiger was, because he was a big influence on me - about becoming other people and not worrying about your own glory or self esteem but sacrificing yourself to become somebody else.

I'm really into my photography and am trying to catch up with digital generation - I was used to the old 35mm cameras.

I'm really not interested in showing me or playing me. My gift as an actor, given to me, is to be able to become other people.

So, if I ever played Napoleon it would be with an Italian accent. He was an outsider, which also interests me.

Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.