Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie have revealed what their children really think of their film careers, and neither star is getting much credit at home.
The pair spoke to E! News while promoting their Apple TV thriller series 12 12 12, which premiered on 13 November.
Dornan, 44, plays Aragorn in the upcoming Lord of the Rings film The Hunt for Gollum, and he is counting on it to impress his three daughters.
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“If they don’t think I’m cool after Lord of the Rings, I’m done,” he joked. His children watched him fight orcs on set and gave it their approval. He said it was good for them to see their dad looking heroic, and admitted that it may be as cool as he ever gets.
Mackie, 48, has had less luck.
The Marvel star said his four sons are unmoved by his superhero work. “My boys could care less,” he said with a laugh.
He has made his peace with it. “At the end of the day, I realised they just want me to be dad,” he said, adding that he loves the fact that all they want from him is him.
The two actors previously starred together in Synchronic.
Their new series follows a fictional bank robbery in Zurich, which Dornan described as “like the biggest heist in European history.” Mackie said the scale of the production feels like another character in the show.
New episodes of 12 12 12 arrive on Fridays until 25 December.
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