Ralph Fiennes regrets agreeing to star alongside Jennifer Lopez in critically-panned romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan - and admits he suspected it would be bad.
The British star surprised fans by breaking from type to play Lopez's love interest in the film, and he confesses it was an experiment to see if he could handle a simpler role.
Fiennes, 42, says: "Maid In Manhattan was thin on the page and even thinner in the flesh. There was nothing there except to be the fantasy for the Jennifer Lopez character.
"But I felt I'd always gravitated towards parts with a lot of angst or intensity to conflict - even if that's not how I see them, that's how they're picked up.
"I suppose I wanted to see if I could play a blithe, uncomplicated role. And I don't know that I can do it."