Sharp!
I started preparing for Hamlet when I was 17. Probably before that.
When I was 17 I was asked at school to play him and I went, ‘No. I’m not ready and I want to get A Levels’… and I didn’t want to get obsessed and let it take over my life, as I have been with Lindsey [Turner, who is directing Hamlet] over the past three months talking, talking, talking.
It’s very deep-rooted.