Despite being the star of one such drama, James Nesbitt says that he doesn’t actually like superhero fantasies.
“I know f*** all about Stan Lee, but kind of went with it”, he says “Also the idea of being a Northern Irish superhero in a Stan Lee vehicle, and at times being able to throw in my own Northern Irishness.
As the director said to me the other day, ‘how many Stan Lee super-heroes get to say ‘what are you doing you f*** eejits?’”.
It’s a superpower that might be thought to appeal to the racehorse-owning Northern Irish actor, but no: “It’s something I was never really interested in”, he reiterates.