I love playing football. I started playing for a school team, which is fun, and I play a lot of five a side. I nowhere near good enough to go professional but it's definitely one of my main hobbies. I play three times a week.

Having done television, I was used to either being aware whether I got the part within the same day, or within two, three days max.

I must confess I don't own Harry Potter DVDs. My parents do. They have them all. And they like watching them. They've got all their home videos done in HD quality! They love it. But I struggle very much. I'm very self-conscious as an actor, anyway. I don't like watching my own performances, even in this recent one.

Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there.

The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act.

Alan Rickman, who was mentored me a lot. He was very keen to offer his opinions on stuff. Not in a pretentious way. Not in a patronizing way.

As an actor you really want to push yourself, and there's no better way than to do an intense drama.