Stephen Mangan: `You don´t see Daniel Day-Lewis on 8 out of 10 Cats´
(The Guardian Culture News)

The TV star on `putting himself out there´, voicing a horse and being in a power couple with Joan BakewellStephen Mangan is a ubiquitous presence on our screens; most recently, the 50-year-old actor was seen in the fifth and final series of Episodes, The Split (both on BBC) and Channel 4´s Hang Ups, which he co-wrote. This week, he presents Art 50, an ambitious four-part series on Sky Arts that showcases 50 artistic interpretations of what being British means in 2019, from the likes of poet Simon Armitage and musician Nitin Sawhney. He was born in London, where he lives with his wife and three sons.Last Sunday, you were on Top Gear´s `Star in a Reasonably Fast Car` and you were one of their fastest-ever celebrities. Did you suspect you might be quite good at it?I hoped I would be, but I had nothing to base it on apart from pure optimism and ego. But partly just out of desperation to beat Matt [LeBlanc] I completely risked life and limb. Any fear I had went out of the window in my ridiculous competitiveness. I spun the car a couple of times and you could see the guys behind the camera see me coming and one of them actually ran away at one point... he thought I was going to kill him. Continue reading...