In the film he’s a giant dwarf, rather than a regular-sized one. He talks to her in a much more domineering way. “You can’t see the results yet, but under the fat there’s at least a one-pack.” No change of scene or lifting of physical distancing in the drama biz yet then, but at least Anozie has his own next act to look forward to.

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CS: What’s Butler’s relationship like with Artemis? I think it’s quite cool when you have that symbolic similarity.

I don’t know if you’ve gone through the house and seen all the portraits … some of them have white hair, some of them have blue eyes.

The writer once described this book as, ‘Die Hard with fairies’. ANOZIE: Yeah, I think you’ll see in that scene. That was an experience because riding down the street in Vietnam with thousands of other bikes around you that don’t know you’re even filming is an experience. He’s very structured with his work.

I like that.

But few other films required him to do physical training, fitness training, and kendo training on top of that: “We trained for quite a long period. In Colfer’s books, of which there have now been eight instalments, young Artemis Fowl (played in the film by newcomer Ferdia Shaw) is presented as a young supervillain who is an antagonist to the world of fairies. I take no claim for that [laughs].

Artemis Fowl will begin streaming on Disney+ on Friday, June 12. “He’s at a very young toddler age where everything’s exciting, and it’s just amazing to have these kind of films that he’s going to be able watch and go, ‘There’s Daddy.’” (Anozie has been able to “make meals for him and take them over” and they’ve been “Skyping a lot” during lockdown). “I think one of the ways in which he manages to keep us very intrigued by a series of beautifully improbable things is that he moves at a pace which means that you just even if – as it were – you disagreed with the conception, you are thrilled by the execution.

And Anozie certainly gets serious for Artemis Fowl.

I won’t spoil it, but it’s a comedy moment that came out of… there’s a moment where… Can I talk about it? CS Set Visit Interview: Nonso Anozie on Disney’s Artemis Fowl Nonso Anozie stands out, even under normal circumstances. © 2020 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. His duty is to protect the Fowl family. It really focuses on us trying to get his father back. Riding down the street in Vietnam with thousands of other bikes around that don’t know you’re even filming is an experience. ANOZIE: Yeah. I was like, “That.” Ken loved it. Where Mulch is trying to sing the troll to sleep.

“I don’t just want to do the big guy, or the big dumb brute,” he says. RELATED: CS Set Visit Interview: Josh Gad on Artemis Fowl, Nonso Anozie: It’s a wig. Today, we’ve been shooting the bit… Have you seen any of the singing that we’ve been doing?

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He told me that.

Tall, broad, with a deep, … ANOZIE: I think he guides Artemis in a way, but he can’t really… With his niece, Juliet, he’s training her to become the next butler, to become the next person who’s going to look after the Fowl family.

As an actor, those kinds of things and being in an actual house, as opposed to a set… Well, it is a set, but the actual house is not a cross section of a room on a soundstage. It is quite striking. I mean, right from the start it really, really moves fast.”.

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His character also has a shock of white hair and bright blue eyes, and speaks with a cut glass English accent, rather than Irish.

With Artemis… I wouldn’t say he’s subordinate but I would say he’s… he has a respect because [Artemis] is next in line so Butler works much more closely, almost as an equal. ANOZIE: I think Butler’s quite a stylish guy. But, all of a sudden, Artemis’ father has gone missing and he’s trying, almost for the entire film, to grasp that control again, to pull the reins in. Every 'DC's Legends of Tomorrow' Episode Title, Ranked (Because They Rule), New 'Artemis Fowl' Clip Shows the Tension Between Artemis and His Father.

I take no claim over that. We had a lot of fun doing it. It gives you a chance to play and it’s a structure within a structure. They’ve got a great company called Eyeworks who developed the contact lenses and they provide someone who comes and puts them in for me. He is part of a long line of generational Butlers who have looked after the Fowl family.

“And at the same time, he's very manipulative.

“And you have times to breathe, but I think it’s going to be something that really, really grabs the audience and makes you move right from the beginning, and, you know, doesn’t let you go until the end.”.

I think he’s got a lot of training and focus when it comes to dealing with day-to-day situations. I worked with Ken in 2003 in a play called Edmond for the National Theater and since then… he told me when we did the play he said ‘I really think you’ve got some talent, I really want to work with you again and when I’ve got something I’ll think of you.’ And Jack Ryan happened and Cinderella which was also with Disney and this now. I played Dungeons and Dragons when I was a kid, magic cards and those kind of things.

I think from the beginning of the movie, Butler is somebody who has got icy-cold control over every situation. The relationship between them is one of respect, of protection, of loyalty and, in some ways, of love as well.

There was a breakout role as the lead in King Lear with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and an Ian Charleston award for his performance in Cheek by Jowl’s touring production of Othello, before the National beckoned. ANOZIE: Yes. It gives you the character for free. Married With Wife Or Single?

But it would be interesting to explore the social effects of him being perceived by others in the street. Artemis Fowl also boasts “perfectionist” Branagh as director. Anozie: I think with Artemis he guides Artemis in a way but he can’t really… with his niece Juliet [Tamara Smart] he’s training her to become the next Butler, the next person to look after the Fowl family so he’s much more strict with her. They can have a joke, but after, when it’s time to be serious, it’s time to be serious,” Anozie said. In April 2018, a group of fellow journalists and I visited the set of Artemis Fowl in England.

Some are bigger and smaller … different traits that have been passed down. “I have a son, a little boy, but he doesn’t live with me,” he explains.

I love improvising especially as we do a lot of different takes and try things in different ways and do something you wouldn’t have thought of before. (L-R) Book author Eoin Colfer, Ferdia Shaw, director Kenneth Branagh on the set of Disney's ARTEMIS FOWL.

All from home.

But, I think, anybody would be shocked to see a flying fairy or 17-foot troll coming at them. We do use green screen here, but mainly for scenery stuff. “He’s at a very young toddler age where everything’s exciting, and it’s just amazing to have these kind of films that he’s going to be able watch and go, ‘There’s Daddy.’” (Anozie has been able to “make meals for him and take them over” and they’ve been “Skyping a lot” during lockdown).

And Artemis is wise beyond his years, he doesn't have the magical abilities of Harry. Are they a pain in the ass? I’ve done a lot of different productions where they’ve used blue screen and little tennis balls and X’s. Maybe in Vietnam you get to see a lot of people looking at him strangely, but you don’t see as much the way he interacts socially in that way.

But, it’s necessary and it really works really well. You worked with Kenneth Branagh before, so was that a really nice thing that you knew who was in charge of this?

Artemis Fowl launches on Disney+ on 12 June. Game of Thrones star Nonso Anozie, who plays Artemis Fowl’s right hand man Domovoi Butler, concedes that changes have been made to the story for the big screen. Nonso Anozie is meant to be in New Zealand right now, joshing with Robert Downey Jr while filming a big-budget Netflix comic book caper. Are they a pain in the arse?

In our own world of weary parents desperate for something to distract school-wary children, the film’s timing is like striking gold at the end of a particularly hyperactive, crayon-armed rainbow.