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Castaway
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Actor and former model; known for his breakthrough role in The Fall, the Fifty Shades film series, and the TV drama The Tourist.
On the island
Eight records
I love him. I just love him. And I pick Caravan because I think it sort of encompasses the sort of joy of his music, the camaraderie and sort of family idea of his music and love, God he sings about love like no one else.
Violin Concerto No. 1, Second Movement
Adele Anthony, Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Takuo Yuasa
I get homesick for Ireland and Belfast and the people. So often when I'm away, I'll sort of find myself sort of googling stuff… I came across this recording… I instantly went, I'm gonna be listening to this a lot in my life, and I do, I go to it all the time.
Cigaros are amazing and three of my best friends and I went to Latitude Festival… we lay down and we didn't speak to each other… we were all just acutely aware of like how special this sort of moment was and that we were getting to share this together.
I think I heard this song for the first time… it was like the first time my sisters and I and our dad were together since finding out that mum wasn't gonna make it… I remember just thinking this has been written for us… double meaning for me.
In that summer that we're talking about, I drank a lot, as I said, I didn't achieve a lot… this album was on… it just takes me back to that time and those big decisions that were needing to be made so I could kick on with the rest of my life.
ForeverFavourite
I met Millie Amelia Warner in 2010 in LA at a house party… I played her this song… she was just instantly impacted… it then seemed appropriate that it would be our first dance… Making her laugh is my favourite thing in the world to do.
The Beatles are they have been a constant in my life… This song just makes me feel happy and I think is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
I always loved this song… it sort of took my dad dying for me to kind of realise that for me that person who sees the world differently and was just always radiating positivity was him… at dad's memorial… I made a speech… reading lyrics from this song.
In conversation
Presenter asks
1:50How do you strike the balance between preparation and spontaneity in acting?
I probably don't get that right most of the time. I think you need a huge amount of confidence and self-belief to be an actor… I think you need to always be slightly afraid when you step on a set.
Presenter asks
3:33Are you yourself riddled with self-doubt?
Yeah. Massively. … I'm happier with my self doubt because it always gives you something to try to prove.
Presenter asks
14:13Did you know how serious your mother's illness was from the beginning?
I don't know if I know how I felt… I will never forget where I was. I'd just finished playing rugby actually at Purry Park… And Dad told me there and then, before we even turned the engine on, that she wasn't going to survive.
Presenter asks
15:39What kind of support did your family give you after you lost your mum?
The keepsakes
The book
Maurice Sendak
I'm going to take Where the Wild Things Are because it's just so much of it is about the escapism and being on an island, and it is a book that I force on my kids the most, I'm gonna say. Like I'll I'll play tricks where I'll be like, Oh, I can only find where the wild things are Like, No, no, no, no, we read that last night. I'm like, I can only find where the wild things are. And our kids just love it, and I just love watching them love it.
The luxury
Amazing. Both my sisters are amazing. … my dad, I remember saying, you know, can't let this be the thing that defines us.
Presenter asks
22:52Do you think the 'model-turned-actor' tag was a problem?
Um, not in the States. There'd be no change in their face if you said you'd model first.
Presenter asks
27:03How did you react to the negative reviews for Fifty Shades of Grey?
You know, I'm coming off the back of career altering reviews for the fall and BAFTA nominations… to just, um, ridicule almost… we sort of hid there for a while and just shut ourselves off from the world a bit… it just made so much money… so, like, two and three were like green lit, like, overnight.
“I think you need to always be slightly afraid when you step on a set.”
“I'm happier with my self doubt because it always gives you something to try to prove.”
“I will never forget where I was. I'd just finished playing rugby… And Dad told me there and then, before we even turned the engine on, that she wasn't going to survive.”
“Making her laugh is my favourite thing in the world to do.”
“I don't think I ever had a… was ever with my dad or on the phone to my dad where he didn't tell me both of those things [love and pride].”
“I'd probably just sit in a bowl crying until I died.”