Charlie Hunnam<\/a> is a \u201cfrustrated writer\/director\u201d, despite his successful acting career.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Moster star Charlie Hunnam says his original ambition remains unfulfilled<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old British actor has had an illustrious run of roles in shows like Sons of Anarchy and Monster: The Ed Gein Story and films like Green Street, The Lost City of Z and King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.<\/p>\n
Hunnam’s dream though was to become a director and it is an ambition he still holds. <\/p>\n
Speaking on the Prestige Junkie podcast, Charlie reflected on how his career took an unexpected turn after an early acting role led him away from filmmaking and into acting full-time. <\/p>\n
Talking about his early ambitions, he said: \u201cI went to film school wanting to be a writer\/director. I spent all my entire youth watching film, and thinking about film and storytelling and always thought I would be a director.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nHunnam explained that his path shifted after he was cast in Byker Grove, the long-running children\u2019s television series filmed in Newcastle, North East England, where he grew up. <\/p>\n
\nHe said: \u201cAnd then I got an opportunity somewhat randomly, although I don\u2019t think these things are random, to do an acting role in a show called Byker Grove, which was a children\u2019s TV show where I shot in Newcastle, where I\u2019m from. And that led me to getting an agent, that led me to getting Queer As Folk, which was my second ever audition.<\/p>\n
\n“By the time I was 18, just about to turn 19, I\u2019d already moved to America and was pursuing acting as a career. And here we are, like 27 years later, I\u2019m still a frustrated writer-director.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nHunnam’s 2025 has been defined by him playing serial killer and body snatcher Ed Gein in Netflix drama Monster: The Ed Gein story.<\/p>\n
\nAlthough he initially struggled to get inside the mind of the Butcher of Plainfield – whose crimes inspired characters in films such as Norman Bates in Psycho, Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs – Hunnam was eventually able to “go deeper” into Gein’s psyche and ultimately found the part very rewarding.<\/p>\n
\nHe said: \u201cI thought with Ed\u2019s it felt when I had accepted the role and started getting into it, it felt utterly impossible. It just felt too great of a challenge. <\/p>\n
\n“I couldn\u2019t find who I thought this guy was, and I was really panicked and really afraid of the darkness and bleakness of the subject matter. <\/p>\n
\n“And what I found was as I journeyed through that and continued to force myself to move forward and go deeper, that it ended up being one of the most rewarding processes I had.\u201d<\/p>\n
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