How Much do You Know About Damian Lewis?

Check out the first part of that interview published on the Sunday Mirror. It’s an old interview but you
will get to know him a little better. The interview is long so I will post here in 2 times.

You are the star in new ITV drama From Colditz With Love, as a prisoner of war who joins the Secret Service. Are you a gadget man?

Damien Lewis: I like my sports car. I just got a little Mazda MX5 – it’s only a cheap and cheerful one really. It’s titanium, a sort of greyish colour. I’m not exactly obsessed by toys. I don’t have a plasma TV, just a normal one, though I suppose it’s still quite big. I do have an i-Pod, although I need to learn how to download my music. You can pay people to do that can’t you? I heard you can pay someone pounds 200 and they’ll download you 5,000 songs. I think I’ll do that, because to be honest, I’m a bit clueless.

Is it true you were asked to audition for the new Bond movie?

Damien: That isn’t strictly true. I have never auditioned for the role of James Bond. It would be difficult not to consider it – helicopter rides to sunny locations and let’s not forget the Bond girls. Halle Berry was pretty good in that bikini, but my favourite was Grace Jones.

It’s was rumoured Pierce Brosnan wanted  22 million pounds to play Bond again…

DL: Is that right? God. And he wonders why they said no… I think Sean Connery was the best as 007. He was very smooth but had a bit of a bad edge to him. I like it when people start out good and are then corrupted.

Do you have a temper?

DL: I get very frustrated sitting in traffic. I want to get out of my car and smash people’s windscreens in…. but obviously, I don’t.

You were once linked to Sex And The City actress Kristin Davis. Is she your type?

DL: Firstly, I never dated Kristin. That rumour wasn’t true. I don’t date a certain type of woman. I’m attracted to humour, beauty – although, that’s in the eyes of the beholder – and grace. Movement in a woman is very important to me. A woman must be elegant. But wit and intelligence are must-haves.

Is it true you had an off-screen relationship with your From Colditz… co-star Sophia Myles?

DL: Off-screen? No. Just good friends.