I do not use botox, why?


Do you have a stuntman for all the new action sequences?
I do have a stuntman. I normally would do my own stunt driving, my own fight sequences, my own smaller stunts. In Wales, I'd do them myself.
They won't allow me anymore. I have a lot of restrictions on what I can and can't do. Not only stunt-wise. I've got two stuntmen doubling for me at the moment. But I also have it written into my contract that I can't do certain things in my own life.

Such as what?
Extreme sports. I can't go mountain bike riding, I can't go scuba diving, I can't snowboard, horseback ride. I can't play football. I can't play soccer. I can't water ski. Literally, I can't do a lot of things that would cause physical harm.
I think I'll have to take up golf!

Russell T Davies has been saying that this is such a fast shoot, so for you, this must be trickier. What's your typical day on Torchwood?
It depends if you're filming. I probably have to get up at five in the morning, and we drive ourselves to work. Unlike the UK, when we get cars, we have to drive ourselves, and I love that. We pull into the lot, do hair and make-up, we usually film twelve hour days, but in the US, they film until they're finished. So, we might do sixteen hours.
When you go back home, you realise that your call has been pushed a little bit, so you're in at six or seven o'clock in the morning, and it's like that Monday to Friday. And to be honest, I've always had a packed schedule of things that I do.
But although it's fast-paced, it's not any faster than all the stuff I've done in the UK. So, it's not a big flip-change for me. I've also filmed two other series in America, Titans and Central Park West, so there's a work ethic in the schedule. And we're there to work anyway. We're not there to play.
It's a long schedule, but it's definitely bigger, and I think the audience will be pleased with it.