Some People Come Up To Be Directors

On His Fight Scene With Hugh Grant In Bridget Jones: It Was A Delicious Experience.

I Find That At Almost Every Press Junket I Get That Comment, "this Character's Different From What You Generally Play..." And That's Ok! But I Think "generally Play" Stems Back To Mr Darcy. I'm Fine With It But I Tend To Find That If It's A Departure, Which In Other People's Words It Always Is, It's Always A Departure From That.

It Was Mainly To Do With Helen Hunt, To Be Honest. That's What Drew My Attention To It. I Was Interested In The Fact That She Was Going To Be Directing. I'd Never Met Her But She Projects A Degree Of Intelligence And It Was Convincing T Me That She'd Be Able To Handle This Sort Of Material Very Well.

They Said: "make It In This Amount Of Time And Go For It Now..." Which Is Why I Was Suddenly Ambushed And We All Found Ourselves Doing It. I Suspect This Wasn't Quite Recognisable In Its Genre To Give People The Confidence Just To Throw Money At It.

Because I Am An Englishman I Spent Most Of My Life In A State Of Embarrassment.