Mel Gibson has admitted that he likes taking on miserable characters.
The actor returned to the big screen last month with Edge of Darkness, a big screen adaptation of the BBC series, in which he played Thomas Craven.
Craven's daughter is murdered in front of him and he goes on the hunt for her killers and Gibson has revealed that it's these unhappy and pained characters that he enjoyed playing.
Speaking to Contactmusic the actor turned filmmaker said: "I'm not good at suffering. I scream my lungs out and hate it.
"But there's one advantage to it: you become humble and in the end you will find redemption. I admit it's a very thrilling process for me... I like to deal with it over and over again."
Edge of Darkness was the first movie for Gibson since M. Night Shyamalan's Signs in 2002, going on to concentrate on his directing career.
He will be back on the big screen with The Beaver, which is directed and stars Jodie Foster.
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