“The only way you can influence your fate is to put your soul into your performance and hope it registers with the audience.”

Because I play the trumpet and sing. I’d like to incorporate that into a character.

You want to create something fresh, original, very unique.

I’d like to do a lead action role.

It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements.

In terms of what I’m looking for, I’d like to do a lead action role.

It has a very mystic energy which informs you as an actor.

It’s a significant question: should black people only adopt black children, and white people white children?

And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting.

It’s one of the most beautiful places on this planet.

The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off – I’d rather stay in character.

Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me.

. It has to look real. That in itself becomes challenging because you have to learn it straight away.

So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors.

A lot of the moves are split legs, and twisting fast.

My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home.

Well, filming in Hawaii, you know, is a blessing.