Daniel Mays

Yeah, it's every parent's worst nightmare, to lose connection with your children, to not fully engage with them or have an understanding of what crowd of people they're mixing with, what they are watching online.

I'm just drawn to something that has a good story. 'Outcasts' didn't do so well, but I really admired the premise behind the show.

I'm a very placid human being. I don't want to kill anyone. I guess I have played a lot of bad people in my career, so frustrations or angst can come out in any given role.

I certainly always do draw upon stuff in my life. You do that instinctively as an actor.

When I was 13, I was a member of a women's over-40s tap class.

You see kids leave drama school who are drop-dead gorgeous and they just go stratospheric instant'aneously.

To a degree... you wanna make your way in the industry, so you kind of get what you're given at first.

My older brother's a cricket groundsman, my other brother's a salesman, and my younger brother's a trader in the City.

I eat porridge all week, but Sundays are for something more exciting. I make a mean fry-up - to be honest that's pretty much all I can cook.

I've become a lot more politicised because of Brexit.

My son and I discovered Parkland Walk with the Beavers, a gem of a trail from Highgate to Finsbury Park in north London.

I'd describe 'Born to Kill' as a 'study in psychopathy', it's very much in the heads of our main protagonist, Sam, a young boy dealing with dark, twisted psychotic desires. It's also a coming-of-age story.