"It was actually a book by Julian Barnes that I had read and really enjoyed a few years ago, then put it to the side and didn’t really think about it again. When I got back from America, I was told they were making it into a film and they wanted me to come in and see them for one of the parts. It has an incredible cast with Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling and Harriet Walter - great actors who really ground it and hold the film. The opportunity to be a part of that was really exciting. It’s a film about an ordinary man and an ordinary life, but it spirals into these memories from the 60s. I don’t want to say what happens, but it’s about memory and what we choose to remember and forget. I play this boy called Adrian, a character created by Tony’s memory. I wanted to do the role, because it was different - a 1960s public school boy, not a Texan soldier. Although there are similarities and parallels between Billy and Adrian, I liked the idea of playing a new part in a new world."
Joe about Adrian Finn in The Sense of an Ending
