'Horror when it's done well is high art. We've had a lot of slasher horror films, and not ot take anything away from that, but when you look at the origins and the traiditons of great horror, they are some of the great films. It's fun to aspire more to that than just jump scares."
In preparing for this film I understand you had to watch a video which was quite a traumatic experience?
"It's hard to watch because it's the opposite of what you're expecting. It's not someone writing and screaming, it's someone being very still. It's probably scarier for someone like myself to watch, who is an actor, because the first thing I could see watching it was this wasn't an actor. You have someone who is really suffering. That's the thing that you can't question. They deserve to be helped."
You have so many different kinds of movies. It's interesting - what's the rationale you're picking movies on?
"Lucky dip! I've been really fortunate not to be pigeonholed. 80% of what occurs [in my career] is just, I read something, and I respond to it."
What's the best lesson you've learned from sketch comedy?
"Timing. It's not always super applicable, but in horror, it's everything. I really did enjoy that side of it because it reminded me of the comedy days, in a weird way.""I like [horror movies] when they're eerie. It's that sense of foreboding, that's what I like to watch."
