Tell us about how you got the part of Scorpius.
My screen test was very curious. I got a page of dialogue, no information as far as the makeup, and the costume and the whole thing [was concerned]. [The character was like] an intelligent, dark, Spock. So down I go. Everything I’ve done with the character, the voice, the mannerisms, I had on the day. So it was certainly all coming from internal, which is always good.
The director on the day was Andrew Prowse. He’s one of our screen directors and executive producers. Prowsey’s a big gangly thing. I did my test, I did it twice. And he was just bored stiff. I thought, "Hmm, that went well."
I left the test and rang my agent and said, "Whoever that guy is, I never want to see him again. I did a really good test, but we’re not going to get the job." And then I got the call two days later, to go down to Fox for a head mould. And Prowsey has been my number one supporter [since]. Basically, as soon as I walked in the room and did it, I had the job. But I really was quite disconcerted by it all. [I thought] he’s bored! But he wasn’t, that’s just him.
So it was interesting. But everything I do, I was doing before I saw the costume. Obviously there’s more detail in the movement, [but] I had the bare bones off one page. Which was good, because I have this thing - if the shoes are right for you, they’ll fit. And they fit.
