What are the best and worst things about living in LA?
“I miss my kids more than anything on the planet. But we use a webcam and Skype on the computer, so I can see them and they can see me. I have breakfast while they have tea and we sit and talk on screen to each other. The best part is doing a job I am very proud of and I love desperately.” You live in LA – what’s been your most Tinseltown experience so far? “I live in Venice beach when I’m in LA and Highgate when I’m in the UK. But when I’m in LA I got to the gym where I end up doing bicep curls next to Dennis Hopper and Carl Weathers from the Rocky movies. It’s hilarious. It’s a normal gym – you don’t have to be friends with a James Caan or be famous to join or anything – but there are a lot of famous people who train there.” Have you compared fangs with fellow Brit vampire Robert Pattinson? “We haven’t met yet. I get asked about Twilight all the time. though, and I’m sure he gets asked about us too. He seems likes a loverly dude and his movie is quite different from True Blood – ours