As a quick glance at hisscreen credits on IMDbmakes clear, his roles have been doozies.
I can’t tell you what [those top secret projects are].
Over the course of the years, he contracted an illness that has left him incapacitated.
How did you come to get involved in the series?
We shared our concerns with the way the earth today is being managed.
I didn’t realize that the script was what it was.
I set that aside.
I really don’t want to use my craft in a way that’s going to dumb people down.
“The Wire” was informative.
We didn’t know what we were doing until it was done.
I know you spent so much time working in theater in London.
Did you two ever work together or encounter each other prior to this?
We always encountered each other when we get nominated for things.
We’re probably the most nominated actors in England without ever receiving an award.
Now, how do you split your time between theater and film and movies?
I haven’t done any theater work since just before the lockdown.
Prior to that, I would have six months on and six months off.
When I had that time off, I would give a shot to find something to do in theater.
The reason why you’d go to theater is to hone your craft.
You get stuck in the mindset of, “I can take this again.
I can take it again.
I can do this in increments.”
Something is lost in the storytelling for the actor, the journey for the actor.
How do you approach that?
I understand now that the camera reads everything that’s in your face.
In film, you could’t do that, right?
These are all nuances of the overall craft of acting on stage.
Stage is larger than life.
Film is very introverted.
Radio is even more introverted.
you could’t really scream on radio.
It’s not my performance that’s being shown.
At the end of the day, it’s in the hands of the editor.
The editor takes that and puts it together.
I don’t have that kind of [cunning], but I’m learning.
That must feel amazing to be a part of something so esteemed.
Yeah, it is, and humbling.
It feels real good.
We didn’t know what we were doing when we were doing it.
I didn’t see the whole thing until 2012, because I was working.
There’s a new generation that’s discovering that.
There’s a new generation that’s debating that.
It’s an ongoing experience and it does feel good, There’s no doubt about it.
I’m not going to deny it.
The drug problem was not just for Baltimore.
The corruption in the police is all over.
The education nowadays is being undermined across Europe as well.
Once you get up to speed, it’s addictive as anything.
I don’t know what else to say about that.
It was spot-on for America, and I’m glad that it came out there, too.
It’s that it really is worldwide.
All of that is worldwide, as we’re even seeing today.
That’s very important.
This man said, “Let’s try homeopathic medicine.”
I can only use my experience with the medicine to promote it.
It doesn’t work.
you’re free to’t …
The thing about holistic medicine is that it is holistic.
It’s not just what you ingest.
There’s no use in tearing down the massive 5G towers and all of that stuff.
If you don’t know what to do when it affects you, go figure that out.
It is very important for me and also something I think other people should open up their minds to.
At least take the blinkers off, consider it.
[That’s] all that I ask, for your own health.
There are alternatives, so follow them.
Why holistic medicine works for him
That’s really good advice.
Is there a way to describe it in a point-form way?
There’s a couple of ways I can do this.
In that, there’s also that there’s part of you that is connected with that earth.
Part of you is part of that earth.
The majority of your body is made up of salt water.
The majority of the earth is salt water.
This is probably the easiest way to define holistic.
The air that you breathe, the water that you drink, the food that you ingest.
Bringing your body into harmony with everything else that’s around you, but it’s your responsibility.
It’s not just what you ingest.
All of that has impact on your nervous system, your emotions, and physically.
There isn’t one sentence that can describe the holistic experience.
How did you wind up there?
I have a friend who was a travel writer for The Guardian, a food writer.
He had discovered this particular town and invited us down.
Not only that, it’s a place that is …
I wouldn’t say…
The quality of life is very good.
I have fresh food, fresh vegetables, [and] I can live a holistic life.
What roles will we be seeing you in next?
We’ve just got finished doing Whitney Houston’s life.
I will be playing her father in the upcoming film, “I Want to Dance With Somebody.”
