‘PEAKY HAS OPENED A NEW DOOR… IT FEELS LIKE THE FIRST GROWN-UP ROLE FOR ME’
Thanks to Audi U.K. for the vintage model
Anthony Byrne: Is clothing important to you?
Sam Claflin: I think it’s more important to me than I admit it is. I have quite a varied wardrobe; I have a whole room dedicated to it, which I don’t normally go into. I take care over what I wear, but I don’t obsess. I very rarely wear [smart] shoes; I think it’s part of being a dad — everything needs to be easy footwear. I bought my first pair of sandals last summer because I can’t wear flip-flops in case my kid runs off. I’ve got to do the dad thing.
AB: You’ve really thought this through?
SC: You never know who’s watching. The truth is, being an actor, especially when you’re working, you get dressed in the morning and then you get on set and you immediately take your clothes off, so it’s sort of wasted.
AB: Have you ever adopted the costume of a character you’ve played?
SC: I tend to prefer playing characters that are not me. It’s an opportunity for me to be somebody else, and I very rarely have a big say in what my character will wear. I always like listening to the ideas of a costume director; occasionally I will throw some ideas out there, but usually I like to go by them. I usually focus more on the physical. Yes, sometimes a costume will inform me of how [a character] stands, but most of the time I let the costume find me after I’ve found myself — if that makes sense.
AB: Did you take the shoes from Peaky Blinders?
SC: No!
AB: Apparently Cillian [Murphy] and Paul [Anderson] took the shoes?
SC: Cheeky fuckers!
AB: They were stunning!
: You could see your
