The Difference Between A Hero And A

Heath Ledger's Performance In The Dark Knight Quite Simply Changed The Game. He Raised The Bar Not Just For Actors In Superhero Films, But Young Actors Everywhere; For Me. His Performance Was Dark, Anarchic, Dizzying, Free, And Totally, Thrillingly, Dangerous.

N Our Increasingly Secular Society, With So Many Disparate Gods And Different Faiths, Superhero Films Present A Unique Canvas Upon Which Our Shared Hopes, Dreams And Apocalyptic Nightmares Can Be Projected And Played Out.

I Thought Theater People Wouldn't See Me If I Hadn't Trained. I Didn't Want To Just Be The Brideshead Guy, To Spend The Rest Of My Life Wearing Waistcoats. I Got The Chance To Try Everything. Not Just Romeos, But Pimps And Grandfathers And Even One Role As A Woman In A Naomi Wallace Play Called Slaughter City.

What Le Carré Is So Good At Is Unpicking Something Very Specific About Englishness. That Is Almost Part Of Why I Think He Wrote The Novel. You Can Feel Le Carré's Anger That Someone Who Has Had The Benefits Of An English Education And An English Upbringing Is Using That Privilege To Basically Do The Worst Things Imaginable. There Is An Anger In The Book About That.

Just Because You're Good In Something Doesn't Mean You'll Necessarily Be Good In Something Else. You Just Try And Chase Opportunities That You Fall In Love With Or That Inspire You And Keep Doing The Work.