I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I need to worry about!"

I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.

I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

Obviously if you're playing some of the smartest men in the world, you want to sound really smart.

I felt slightly snobby about the genre. My pre-conceived notion of the comic book world had been: "Oh, that's nothing that I need to worry about!"

My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in.