I'd heard through the grapevine that the BBC were doing Robin Hood and
I was sitting in the pub with a few mates in the business talking about
who we thought was going to get cast and coming up with all these
established names. I remember thinking, 'F---ing hell. Imagine if I got
an audition for Robin Hood.' Lo and behold, I get this call not long
before I was due to go to India for work and my agent said I'd got a
meeting for Robin Hood. I said, 'Oh, great. For what part?' She said,
'Robin Hood.' I just laughed down the phone. 'Don't be daft,' I said.
'There's no way in hell.' I mean, I'm quite a slight guy and they're
going to be looking for some six-foot-three guy, chisel-featured,
blond, golden wavy hair down to his shoulders. You know, a massive
meaty fellah.
