TOM BATEMAN

Nothing really teaches you for the film world.

It's nice to play to a full house.

I remember when I was younger, we used to read the Goosebumps books that were absolutely terrifying.

There isn't an actor alive who hasn't been turned down, and I promise you I have taken a hell of a lot of rejection. That said, I do count my blessings every day.

There's a funny line between feeling objectified and feeling supported and it's a very odd one.

I don't do the gym.

I've been brought up to be polite and I'm not very confrontational, but even I have walked away from situations and thought, 'If only I'd said or done that.' Well Mr Hyde says and does that.

I don't look at myself as an attractive person.

I sweat on stage a lot.

It's awful because if you have a blessed life like me, where I've been so lucky, you end up saying things like, 'Oh, my God. I was just playing hide-and-seek with Penelope Cruz.'

India is just amazing.

I think you could very much make a 'Vanity Fair' in 2018, and I think it would probably look like a documentary.

My mum is a primary school teacher and my dad is a music teacher and I've got loads of brothers and sisters.

Obviously I have more in common with Jekyll, but there's something about Hyde.

Jekyll is quite me: young man; polite. But being able to play Hyde was quite fun, to create a character that's nothing like me. I quite enjoyed creating a new character like that: he had a different voice; physicality; mannerisms. Everything had to be thought about. It was a real challenge.

I went to a masterclass with Jonathan Pryce who said that a successful actor is not a famous actor, it's an actor who acts. And I have been incredibly fortunate to have worked constantly from the moment I left drama school, so I achieved what I set out to do. I am an actor.

I'm one of those old-fashioned people who keeps their private life private.

I've got a brother who works for the Red Cross, another brother is working with the homeless in France, some who work in restaurants or as teachers and dental technicians. My twin brother Merlin is an artist.

Me being able to trash hotel rooms on set means I don't do it in real life.

It always comes down to script and characters.

I don't have social media.

Jekyll is quite close to me, a little bit more shy. Whereas Hyde is a mish-mash of lots of things. I didn't realise I was borrowing it throughout the auditions - but Heath Ledger's Joker was an influence.

I don't think people care what I had for breakfast.

If you're playing someone who's not like you at all, it's good to find music that is their rhythm and their energy.

I don't miss working on camera as much as theatre. But I do love film and television because it's so immediate; you walk on to a set and the tables are dusty, and everything's as it should be.