It’s the age-old dilemma of being known for doing a certain thing in a certain way. And even if people think, Well, we could cast him in this role, then they say, He just brings a lot of Mr. Bean baggage with him and would people take it seriously? I can see myself in some Dickensian role, those sorts of characters. But I think I might have burnt my bridges with the outright silliness of so much of what I’ve done.

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