Marta Balaga “Peaky Blinders” breakout Joe Cole enjoyed “little moments of levity” in his upcoming show “Nightsleeper.” “I play a lot of serious, moody characters.
But I read this role and went: ‘This is close to me as a person.’ I could be free and use my life experience, everything I have been through.
I try to have fun in life and bring it to the parts I play. I haven’t always been able to do it, because I am usually killing people or stabbing them,” he tells Variety.
These days, Cole wants to be “stimulated and challenged” as an actor. “I am working on a film now, these are Russian filmmakers and they tell dark stories, but they do it with levity.
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