“MY WHOLE SCHTICK,” says Eddie Marsan, “is that people can’t define me. I get offended when people try to define me. Nobody wants me to be me.” Since his breakthrough in the early Noughties, the Londonborn Marsan has emerged as one of the finest character actors around, switching effortlessly between comedy, drama, TV, film, likeable supporting characters and loathsome slugs. Here, with recent projects The Contractor and Choose Or Die now available to stream, we ask him about some of his most memorable outings.
MUGGER #1
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO LITTLE
(1997)