Damian Lewis Says His Kids Cringed Over His ‘Sexy’ Vampire Roles

Damian Lewis’ kids weren’t impressed with him reworking right into a vampire for his new film, The Radleys.

“They thought it was bizarre,” Lewis, 53, solely informed Us Weekly forward of the movie’s launch on Friday, October 4. “They’re used to me being all types of silly folks. They’re over it.”

Lewis, who shares daughter Manon, 18, and son Gulliver, 16, with spouse Helen McCrory, added that his sultry nature was simply an excessive amount of for his youngsters.

“I feel me being the vampire and [for them] watching dad attempt to be horny on-screen … that’s, ‘Ew,’” he teased. “Oh God, you’re attempting to try this kissing factor once more and it’s not good!”

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In The Radleys, Lewis performs a pair of dual vampire brothers named Peter and Will Radley. The black comedy follows Peter and his spouse, Helen (Kelly McDonald), as they select to dwell a life the place they abstain from consuming blood. Nevertheless, issues take a flip for the worst once they’re tasked with dealing with the bloodlust of their two teenagers, performed by Harry Baxendale and Bo Bragason, and are compelled into contacting their Uncle Will — who’s a practising vampire.

Lewis shared that regardless of portraying two polar reverse characters, the brotherly bond helped him mess around with their dynamics — and he drew from his shut connection to his real-life sibling.

“Simply the self-discipline of retaining them tied collectively. I’ve a brother, we’re not twins, however he’s lower than two years youthful than me, he defined to Us. “We’re very totally different, however we’ve so many similarities.”

Whereas Peter and Helen preserve their household secret hidden from their kids, Lewis joked that’s not the way in which he likes to deal with robust parenting conditions.

“It might be good as a parenting handbook, let’s ship out The Radleys as a parenting handbook,” he quipped. “So for this reason, all you younger dad and mom on the market, bear in mind to not conceal issues out of your youngsters.”

Nevertheless, there may be an exception if Lewis was a vampire in real-life. The Emmy-winning actor admitted a pair of fangs may be one secret he saved from his household.

The Radleys is predicated on the 2010 novel of the identical identify by Matt Haig. Whereas the film shouldn’t be like different conventional vampire flicks, Lewis believes the movie has a fantastic message for audiences past all that bloodlust.

“It’s not essentially the most scary vampire film you’ll ever see. It’s possibly not the funniest you’ll ever see. It’s possibly not essentially the most, I don’t know, profound, or no matter. It’s form of existential,” he informed Us. “As a result of vampire films can get fairly bizarre. We all know that. However it’s bought all these actually pretty parts in it. I feel that you just come out of it actually having had fun.”

The Radleys is in theaters and obtainable on digital now.

With reporting by Kat Pettibone