Matt Smith explains how his punk Caught Stealing character is really a “sweet guy” ...Middle East

Clad in leather and sporting a colourful mohawk and near-permanent growl, the punk character – named Russ – is introduced early in the film, asking Austin Butler's Hank to look after his cat while he returns to the UK to visit his dying father.

"Me and Darren, talked about that on that first day," he revealed. "Because also we catch him in a nexus of anxiety and stress.

"And a good note Darren gave me really early on was... actually, this guy... [he] used the word 'sweet', I think. Like he's quite... there's a kind of sensitivity to him in a way. That's why he acts up."

"Because [Russ] is a little bit simple in his own way," he explained. "And that's a hard thing to do. And there is a tenderness, even though he is a punk!"

"I just love that then there's this poor guy who lives opposite... you know, that's the f**king... that sort of energy is just someone who's gonna send us to the end of the moon, round the moon, round it again, and back down to Earth.

"Every day he sees him, [and] he's like, 'You are everything I hate'. And so it was a good first day at work."

"It was amazing watching it with the British crowd last night," he said. "For your performance, because they really... they were laughing throughout the opening scene, and then when you show up the second time, there's like a huge amount of excitement."

Caught Stealing releases in UK cinemas on Friday 29 August 2025.

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