Tom Burke: ‘The worst job I’ve done? A movie. Does it have a name? It might do’

The actor on his Lauren Laverne crush, missing jury service, and shoving chocolate mousse in his agent’s face Born in London, Tom Burke, 44, trained at Rada. In 2008, he won the Ian Charleson award for his role in Creditors at London’s Donmar Warehouse. From 2014 to 2016, he appeared in the BBC series The Musketeers; his other TV work includes War & Peace and Strike, in which he plays the title role. His best-known films are Mank, The Souvenir, The Wonder and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. His new Netflix series is Legends. He lives in Kent. What is your greatest fear? To be stuck in the past. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Rumination. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Outrage. What was your most embarrassing moment? Putting chocolate mousse in my agent’s face. Somebody had done it to me – that thing where they go, “Smell this, it smells funny”, and then they put it in your nose. A year later I was in this French restaurant with a very 1980s-style dessert trolley and, before I knew it, I had a bowl of chocolate mousse in front of me. And my agent went, “What’s that smell?”, and it felt impossible not to … I immediately felt aw