"I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult"
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His other worry is sharper: “the personification of good” is often a euphemism for “bland.” Modern audiences are trained to distrust spotless virtue because it doesn’t leave much for interpretation. Goodness, on screen, can curdle into a lecture unless it’s complicated by cost, temptation, or some private mess. Hunnam’s phrasing suggests he knows that “good” is not a character trait so much as a structural function: Nicholas has to anchor the world while everyone else indulges in stylization.
The subtext is a negotiation between sincerity and spectacle. If Nicholas doesn’t sing, he still has to feel musical - not literally, but in timing, physicality, and emotional clarity. Otherwise he becomes the moral furniture. Hunnam’s intent, then, is less self-doubt than craft talk: how do you play decency with enough texture that it doesn’t flatten the scene, especially when decency is surrounded by glitter, release, and performance?
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Hunnam, Charlie. (2026, January 16). I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-a-little-bit-wary-of-playing-nicholas-in-139467/
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Hunnam, Charlie. "I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-a-little-bit-wary-of-playing-nicholas-in-139467/.
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"I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-was-a-little-bit-wary-of-playing-nicholas-in-139467/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
