Paul Bettany has impressed his kids by playing an action hero in his latest movie Legion.
The actor takes on the role of Archangel Michael who protects a small band of humans from the wrath of God in the Scott Stewart directed movie.
In an interview with The Independent the actor said: "I made them fly out to watch so they'd think I was enormously cool and tough, and they now will do whatever I tell them to, because they think I can do a butterfly twist.
"I loved it - I'd never made an action movie before, it felt fun. I was learning how to spin around in the air - a lot of wire stuff and a lot of fighting. I wouldn't say I know kung fu.
"It's not quite like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, saying, 'I know kung fu'! I would love that it did, because I did feel like Bruce Lee! You go and look at playback on the monitor, and you look like Bruce Lee!"
"When I wanted to be an actor, when I was a kid, it was because I was given a set of holsters and a cowboy hat and guns, and making Legion absolutely fulfilled that bit of me."
Bettany's action trend looks set to continue as he plays a warrior Priest as he re-teams with filmmaker Stewart for Priest.
Legion is out now.
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