"Yeah, he's totally just ambling along and he's just making a bit of money to pay the rent and enjoy life. It rounds you as a person."ĭo you relate to Joe, then - he doesn't know whether to settle down or not? And what I did know is that I'd had older friends who'd gone to university, and my brother and sister, and had an amazing time. "If I'm honest, I just did it, I think, to avoid real work, because I didn't know what I wanted to do or where I fit in, so I just followed this route. My mum and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance. "No, I just went into university because I was reasonably intelligent. So that's why I don't think too far ahead."ĭid you have a gameplan when you went to university?
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But I could get killed off at the end of series three, you never know. So here I am - I could have been killed off a million times. "But then after filming the first two episodes, the producers rang up my agent and said, 'Would he consider being optioned for series two and three?' And that just came out of the blue - it's a no brainer. He was going to get sacked I think, because that's what I was told at the audition - 'It's a great part, he's a really nasty piece and he gets his comeuppance, but the only bad thing is that he gets sacked at the end'. "When they started, my character wasn't even supposed to be in series two and three. They've had lots of opportunities to get rid of Thomas, too! I love it and if they wanted me back obviously I'd say yes, I'm thrilled, but any further than season 12 I can't look that far ahead!" I love it now and I take it a season at a time. "So to be part of that is amazing but to think four, five, six years down the line. It's up there with HBO in America, I think - production values and the cast and that. The cast are amazing and they're beautiful people to work with and the directors we work with are the best people they've got and we're making television that - the first series in particular - matches anywhere in the world. "So I absolutely love doing Downton now - it's the best job I've ever done. I also think if you set yourself a gameplan, you're going to set yourself up for a fall or a disappointment - also, you could be a completely different person two years from now. "I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a gameplan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc. Would you like to keep doing Downton for a long time? It was what me and my agent talked about - 'In between Downton, we need to get people to see you playing just a nice guy with no edges, just to show them that you can play the two people and give them a reason to watch'. As an actor you want to get a variety of roles, so to be offered the part of Joe, it was perfect. Obviously I play a villain in Downton Abbey. "Yeah, definitely, and that was a massive draw to me. Do you like that there isn't really a villain in Love Life?
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