Where exactly Hardy pulled that darkness from, however, remained a mystery to Helgeland. “Tom is a teddy bear — when he arrived on set, you had to schedule at least five minutes for him to hug almost every member of the crew.” “A true English gentlemen. And then you see the flash of his tattoos and you realised there’s more to this ‘English gent’ than you thought.” “There’s more than meets the eye with this one”. And I like people. I like to know what you`re really up to. I`m a bit of a nosey busy body. Why do they do the things they do? Why are they prepared to do the things they do to get what they want? When? Where? Who? Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something. They are not just talking. They are alive; going through a drama in which they will go through some sort of dramatic human experience. Keywords: Alive and Experience. It is your job to make them become so. Anthing you do on stage or film has a direct relation to something you have experienced in one form or another in real life. Use your imagination to exaggerate or lessen that sensation. Then, disguise it in characterization and don’t forget to make lots and lots of mistakes, and look like a complete asshole. You’ll do fine.