In Kenneth Branagh’sBelfast, Dornan contributes a powerful turn as a loving but sometimes absent and fiscally irresponsible husband.

“I ended up quite far away from that path.

And then I didThe Fallwhere I play a serial killer, which isn’t funny in the slightest.”

Awardist Jamie Dornan (Belfast)

Jamie Dornan.Rob Youngson / Focus Features

would not be denied.

Years later on theBarb and Starset, it finally found its expression.

Not that Dornan’s wife was all that surprised.

And my wife was like, ‘Do they know howclosethis is to you?

Do they know you’re just being you?’

I was like, ‘I think they’re probably starting to work that out!'"

“There’s nothing that makes me happier than making Kristen and Annie laugh.

They just made me feel like I was part of the club.”

Listen to the full interview on EW’sThe Awardistpodcast below or available wherever you listen to podcasts.