Leading man seems to quite often be an idealized figure.

I kind of embarked on a fruitless search to find information about my character, Frederick Aiken. And it was fruitless, unfortunately, because there's so little about him.

People come up to me and they're usually nice, but as it goes on you realise that some people aren't nice. Some people are not nice at all.

'St. Elmo's Fire' is one of my favorite films. I like the storytelling of those teenage American films. You don't get that now. Teenage American movies are all about sick jokes, puking a lot, arse jokes.

I generally get challenged; I haven't been typecast, which is really, really, nice. It's not something that every actor gets, really. It's luxury. Most actors are capable of it, but they aren't afforded the opportunity to express their variety.

I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.

I've been in a few fights and I know what it's like to get punched in the face.