There is nothing better than playing a bad girl for two months, then turning around and playing someone sweet. Films give you this opportunity.
Maybe because I'm a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.
One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it.
Antara Mali is a fine performer. Her role in 'Road' is in complete contrast to that in 'Company.'
I played a real nasty little girl but most of the roles I had up until then were very sweet and very nice.
What people like to comment on a lot is that I grew up in a religious family; my father is a pastor, and now I'm playing the devil. Thankfully, my family see the humorous side of the job.
I'm completely the opposite of what I play on 'Game of Thrones.'
I always play these bad guys, and I'm really a nice guy.
Doing comic roles is a great relief considering the power-packed roles that are usually offered to me.
You come in as this satellite part of the film [Catching Fire], so I only see Stanley [Tucci] in my scenes. These kinds of movies have so many different components; it's about as different from doing The Girl as you could imagine.
I try to keep things as varied as possible in my career, and after playing something as fun and over the top as Maryann on 'True Blood,' I wanted to find something antithetical to that.
I like playing the contrasting roles. It what inspires me to act. If I look back on my career I am happy that I have gotten to play a wide variety of different roles, from Mike Dexter, to Van Ray in Fast Lane, to Dr. Cullen to Coop.
