He’s a monster – and that got to me,

It’s quite a tragic story from Bernie’s point of view too, because he is a massive fabricator of reality,

Of course the subject matter is controversial, but I decided to do it because I really respect the people behind it, Company Pictures, who’ve made great television like The Lakes and Shameless, … It’s very...

I was constantly trying to understand him a bit more, and then I’d think, ‘I don’t really want to understand him anymore, I just want to take the money!’

The magic stuff was almost like light relief in a way, but of course it’s also quite sinister, … I learnt a couple of tricks, and I stole a line from a guy who was...

Putting Katie in the box was really upsetting and difficult to film, but she was brilliant when we shot those scenes,

the greatest challenge I’ve ever had as an actor.