My Dublin Wasn't The Dublin Of Sing-songs,

I Did Loads Of Auditions And I Didn't Get Called Back. I Still Get Giddy At All The People I Get To Work With, And I'm Still Enjoying The Work And Enjoying Life Too Much That I Don't Feel Like I've Done That Much.

Quite Often On A Movie Like Total Recall You Have This Training Period Of Two Or Three Months Where, Like On The First 'underworld' I Was Doing Gymnastics And Trampolining And All This Stuff Which I Don't Do In The Movie Necessarily, But Mentally It Helps. You Come Home And You Go: 'well, I've Done All That. I Must Be An Action Star Now!' So It Helps You Focus A Little Bit And Gets You Fit.

Yeah Loads Of Bruises And Welts, Usually Around The Hip, Arse, Thigh Region And Elbows. Elbows Got Knocked Up Big Time, But It Was So Much Fun. I Hadn't Done A Meaty Action Film In Seven Or Eight Years, So It Was Fun To Explore That Aspect Of Storytelling Again.

Yorgos Lanthimos Said, "what About If He's A Bit Soft?" And I Said, "yeah, I Think You're Right." He Just Comfort-eats A Little Bit Too Much. He's Just Asleep In His Own Life And Has Let Himself Go. And The Mustache, I Don't Know If It Was Him Or I Suggested It. But I Remember My Sister Was Watching Me Eat And She Was Like, "god, Does He Have To Be Fat?" And In Retrospect I Couldn't Think Of David Being Any Other Way Because It Affected The Way I Moved. It Really Did. It Slowed Me Down In A Way That I Felt Was Conducive To Kind Of Tapping Into The Spirit Of The Character.

I Never Once Regretted Doing "true Detective".