It was the toughest job I’ve ever done. It was very harsh filming conditions in the Czech Republic, minus-10, minus-15 most days, nearly all of it shot outside, and incredibly wet because that bastard Michael [Bassett, director] would never turn the rain machines off.

You’d come off set and your clothes would literally freeze on you so that there were icicles forming. If you sat down for 15 minutes and then tried to get up, you’d fall flat on your face because you were covered in ice.