TO THE MAX

British actor Max Irons, 27, is starring in what’s set to be one of biggest films of the year, The Host. Oh, and the biggest TV series of the year, The White Queen, too.

We thought you might like to get better acquainted with him…

On the rumours about him dating co-star Saorise Ronan…

Well she’s 18 so no, I don’t think so.

On the idea of being an actor for the rest of his life…

It’s quite an unnvering thought. I’ve been away for 9 months of this year and you realise that means you lose contact with friends. Relationships are very difficult and finding a place that you can truly call home is tough.

On living the Hollywood life…

I’ve nothing against LA but I know that I wouldn’t want to live there. It is a movie town, it’s such an unreal existence that it’s important to get out of that. You go to a lot of meetings where people say the nicest things to you in the world. You take it with a pinch of salt but you start to believe it and that’s the really dangerous part – when you start to believe your own hype.

On being quite geeky…

I’m a bit of a dork. I love science. I have really weird obsessions – submarines, spaceships,

-Source: Elleuk.com