Michael Fassbender reveals what he really got up to during his four-year acting break in The Graham Norton Show, set to air on Friday.
The X-Men star, 46, took a four-year break after filming 2019 Dark Phoenix but didn’t give a reason for his hiatus at the time.
He has now returned to the film industry and is set to star in The Killer and a new football comedy, Next Goal Wins.
When quizzed about his four-year break from Hollywood by host Graham, Michael says he became ‘addicted’ to endurance motor racing as it allows him to get into a place where he thinks of nothing else.
Michael reveals: ‘It’s an obsession and feels so right as I have no affinity with any other sport.
‘I am super addicted, and I want to go back and do Le Mans again – it was extraordinary.
‘It’s not just about the speed, it is about getting into a place where you’re not thinking of anything else. I love it.’
Michael is joined on Graham’s couch by comedy legend Jennifer Saunders, Back to Life star Daisy Haggard, comic Phil Wang, and Take That.
On the show, Jennifer chats about her pantomime debut as Captain Hook in Peter Pan at the London Palladium.
She jokes that as a 65-year-old, she tends to forget the choreography, so she is unsure if she should be allowed to swing a sword around Peter Pan.
Daisy, 45, also reveals real-life husband Joe Wilson, who appears with her in the BBC drama Boat Story, ‘plays her sex pest’ and his character is to send her ‘d**k pics’.
She says: ‘He plays my sex pest! His character has to send me d**k pics.
‘When he got the role, he got a phone call from the production office asking for a picture of his face so they could pick the right penis to match.
‘When I saw the pictures, it was such a shock that I screamed.’
It comes as Netflix viewers raved over Michael’s latest show, an adaptation of the French graphic novel The Killer.
The neo-noir R-rated thriller, which has been in the works since 2007, is modelled on the 1998 French comic book of the same name, by Alex Nolent and artist Luc Jacamon and stars Michael as a troubled assassin.
It had a limited release in cinemas on 27 October, but just two weeks later, on 10 November, the slow burner was released on the streaming platform Netflix.
Ever since, The Killer has taken social media by storm, with fans deeming it a ‘delightful watch’ and others considering it their ‘favourite movie of the year’.
But such glowing reviews aren’t a rarity for Fincher, whose films quickly become cult-classics, such as Fight Club and Zodiac.
After a pivotal close call, a hitman takes on his employers on an international manhunt while simultaneously battling his inner demons.
Michael Fassbender brings the cool and calculated killer to life as he lurks in the shadows listening to The Smiths while waiting for the perfect time to claim his next victim – without a shred of regret on his mind.
However, his callous act quickly starts to unravel when a hit goes wrong, and the killer becomes embroiled in a blood-stained manhunt across the globe.
Watch The Graham Norton Show, BBC One, Friday 24th November 10.40pm. Also available on BBC iPlayer.