In film, the camera can get an array of shots so the audience can see the emotion the character is giving off. Using close-ups on the character's face really helps get the message across. On stage, you can't do that. But the stage has that live feeling that you can't get anywhere else because the audience is right there.

I did literature at university, so I had a real relationship with poetry, but they don't make many films about the world of a poet.

Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience.

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