I Had No Worry About Getting A Bad Name'

'I enjoyed my fiery exchanges with Akshay Kumar, who was extremely gracious and generous when the camera was not rolling. 'I enjoyed locking horns with him in court.'

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I had no worry about getting a bad name. But even if I had a reputation there, I would still have jumped at the role because the only reasons not to accept it would have been if the script was badly written or the film was painting Dyer as anything other than what he was -- a brutal, cold-blooded murderer. I know there are actors out there who need to be adored and who only want to play heroes and lovers but I have never been cast in that way. Indeed, I often get cast as baddies and I enjoy it. I spend most of my life trying to be a decent person, to say and do the right thing, to get people to like me, so it is actually quite liberating -- purging even -- to play characters who behave in a way that you would never allow yourself to behave. I don’t mean to suggest that I would ever behave like Dyer. I have never entertained a single murderous thought. But as an actor, one’s job is to forget oneself and be immersed in the body and head of another person and to enjoy the extremes of that experience, knowing ultimately that it is only make-believe and that when the camera stops recording, one returns to reality.

You brought a steely will to the character.