English - Actor | December 13, 1987 -
Sometimes I like to go out; sometimes I like to chill and do nothing.
Michael Socha
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Your character - you own it. That's something you have to grab hold of on 'This Is England'. Your character is your character.
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An accent like mine and a face like mine, I think a lot of the time it's easy for casting directors to just stick me in as a bad boy, but 'Being Human' took a risk on me - bless 'em - and I'm not that bad boy no more.
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I should have lived through the '80s, not been born in it. My style is a mix of hip-hop and '80s casual.
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I love my Nike Air Max trainers. They're big and bulky and spanking - I can't be doing with grubby trainers.
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I love watching people, guessing what they are going to do next. I'm no Derren Brown, but I love that people stuff. Maybe that's why I'm an actor.
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I always get nervous when I watch what I'm in. Very self-critical.
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The only things I could do were English, drama and history. I loved them subjects, but I hated everything else.
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I was never on the side of the teachers at school. Even though I put all the work into getting the main role in the end-of-year musical when I was 11, they didn't give it me, even though they knew I should have had it. That sort of drove me into am dram and getting the main part in another production. And I did.
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To act for a living is a gift, and understanding you're a lucky bloke keeps your feet on the ground.
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The thing is, with 'This Is England', you're always thinking as yourself. You're acting on an instinct. You're acting on what you've heard, what you've been told, and what's happened beforehand.
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What I say about 'This Is England' is they're like my best friends back home. Normal, working-class, beautiful people who I'm creative with.
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