Charlie Hunnam

I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult.

Back when I was a kid, I used to tear pages out of magazines and stick them on my bedroom wall - I had the Eternity ads on my wall and the CK One ads. My whole childhood, those were on my wall, and cut to 20 years later, being asked to be the face of one of Calvin Klein's new fragrances is kind of surreal.

I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me.

I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in.

I was playing pretty boys and these angelic roles like Nicholas Nickleby and all that stuff. And I was like, 'What am I doing? This isn't who I am, as a man or an artist.' I had to overcome people's belief that I was too pretty to be a badass.

I collect... for a long time, I collected Nike Air Max 90s, this specific shoe. And it really is nerdy, because collecting sneakers is not that nerdy, but if you don't wear them, and you keep the box fresh, if you're that fanatical about it, then you leap several categories into super-dork, and that's the way I was.

If I have a long period of time away from acting, I tend to write.

I think my favorite show of all time was 'Deadwood.'

My favorite days are at home. Spend some time in the garden, cook a couple of nice meals, watch a couple of movies. I'm pretty boring.

I'm pretty mercurial and a very difficult, long-winded decision-maker at the best of times.

I think, most of the time, fame is just an inconvenience that needs to be negotiated around to get done what you're actually trying to do.

Since I was young, I've been aware that I need time to myself to process everything.