Bill Nighy proves again he’s one of our purest stars as he reveals he gets a ‘funny, physical sensation’ over cardigans: ‘I go weak’

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Bill Nighy is a national treasure who must be protected at all costs, and if you need further evidence of this then he has shared his passion for fashion in a new interview – and, in particular, cardigans.The renowned actor, 72, who has starred in films including Love Actually, Hot Fuzz and Emma, is always impeccably dressed and revealed that he ‘take[s] clothes very seriously as objects’.However, cardigans see things step up a gear for the Bafta-winner, who admitted to having a genuine physical reaction to the garments.The star, who buys them for his daughter Mary, has a soft spot for Prada’s women’s line as he claims ‘you can’t get chicer than that’.He’s also considering buying some house cardigans for himself, although he despairs at men’s cardigans always being ‘four inches too long’.Speaking about his serious yen for them, he explained: ‘I go weak about certain cardigans, I’m not exaggerating to be amusing.

It’s for real.’‘I get a funny feeling, a physical sensation,’ he added to GQ.Nighy recalled his younger, poorer days too, saying that he knew he was doing well ‘when my shoes didn’t squelch’.‘Every night, I would put my Doc Martens on the windowsill to air and I would never wash my socks, because I only had one pair.

The socks were never quite dry in the morning so I used to squelch everywhere.’That is quite a picture painted.The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star, who has described his role in the 2014 movie Pride as one of his most cherished, also insisted that he doesn’t consider himself left wing as he doesn’t ‘think in those terms’.‘I think there’s decent and indecent basically.