It’s hard to be English and not to have some affiliation with this story.
He made a film, “Finding Neverland” you must remember.
I played the J.M.
It’s like, “Well, do we need another film about Peter Pan?”
What spoke to you personally about the film?
There’s quite a lot of paradoxes in the story, aren’t there?
In a way, it’s a story about growing up and staying young at the same time.
So it appears at a time that is quite interesting.
How much do you control about your children; how much [do] you allow them their freedom?
We all have our own Captain Hook, I suppose.
I found that quite interesting.
Those are all very good points.
I can’t tell you when it was made.
I had to remind myself about lots of things.
How did you understand his perspective?
I give a shot to play the scenes as sensitively as possible.
It’s not really made clear as to where his wife went.
That seemed an interesting thing to play, especially in the 21st century.
You depict the character over several decades, which involves a lot of makeup …
I’m actually only 23 in real life.
[Laughs]
It’s amazing!
Did the aging process present any unique challenges for you as an actor?
It’s not like we were going for ultra-naturalism.
It’s terribly confusing.
I did have the same thought, actually, because I thought that would’ve been a neat symmetry.
It gets a bit icky so I can understand why …
But no is the answer.
No, we never really had a proper chat about it.
I never really knew whether I made any impact whatsoever.
I know, right?
Yeah, it’s damn Matt.
There’s so much television now.
Was there a sense when you were filming it that it was going to become a phenomenon?
No, there never is.
Generally, when you have that feeling, things tend to be awful.
I thought the casting was clever.
When it’s put together, it’s very well edited.
It also had the ability to transport people to another, more colorful place when everyone was feeling miserable.
So it lucked out in many ways.
Could he appear in the Broadway version of Smash?
We’ve been hearing that a stage musical of “Smash” is going tocome to Broadway in 2024.
Is there any possibility you could be involved?
I have no idea.
I don’t know.
I don’t know.
This interview was edited for clarity.
