I've got like a weird bond with horses. I'm kind of a horse whisperer, I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures, I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.

I try not to read the social networks too much. I find that way madness lies.

You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.

It's very difficult to say anything in Icelandic. I can say "takk," which means "thank you." That's about all I learned.

You know obviously a big TV or film break would be lovely, but I find that I’m essentially a theatre trained actor and that’s what I love doing. I love fringe theatres in London, I love theatres like the Royal Court, Soho and the National obviously and if I could work in any of those and be a jobbing actor for a while then I’m very lucky.

Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles.

I always love costume, and I'm always heavily involved in how things should look. Or how they should feel really, because that's part of the way I suppose I get into character in some ways. It's a lot about costume.