Nicholas Hoult
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"Nicholas Caradoc Hoult" is an English actor, best-known for his portrayals as Marcus Brewer in About a Boy, Beast (comics)/Hank McCoy in X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past, Tony Stonem in the E4 (channel)/E4 teen drama series Skins (UK TV series)/Skins, Jack in Jack the Giant Slayer, and as R in Warm Bodies (film)/Warm Bodies.

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My mother remembers that after I filmed a Ruth Rendell mystery when I was about six or seven, I cried inconsolably for a day afterwards, because it was all over. I still feel very sad when things end, but I know that I'll probably meet up with people again at some point.

Richard wanted me to play him aged 11 and 15, but as soon as he saw how tall I'd grown - I'm six foot two - he had a rethink and cast another boy as his younger self.

It's always a bit overwhelming when you arrive on set and everyone's new, but you soon become a big family. I find the hardest thing about acting is that you have to say goodbye to everyone at the end of a shoot.

Gabriel and I were always getting the giggles, but he was really scary when he was in character, ... drunk and screaming and shouting at me. At one point, he held a gun to my head and I could feel my heart racing. Then, afterwards, he'd just be fun Gabriel again, having a laugh.

Gabriel told me he'd bought the watch for his ex-girlfriend, but she didn't like it. She said that one day he'd find the right person to give it to, and he said that person was me.

My experience in About a Boy probably did change me, but you change so much between 11 and 15 that's it's hard to know what had an effect on me directly.

I was very touched he chose me. Maybe I'll pass it on to another young actor when I'm older.

Yes, I've mailed him a few times.

There was definitely some of me in Marcus - apart from the haircut. Definitely not the haircut. But, like him, I was quite withdrawn, and acting helped me come out of my shell.