OUTFIT CREDITS | Jacket: Folk @ Mr Porter, T-shirt: Oliver Spencer, Trousers: Filippa K, Shoes: Harry’s,Sunglasses: Persol

He was, of course, still in it, but it may not have been his face you noticed first of all. “In my first scene in the movie, I’ve got my feet on the desk, and he’s wearing the pointiest shoes you’ve ever seen.” They’re weapons. While a fan of ‘70s style, Charlie’s the first to admit these winklepickers aren’t for him, although he places a lot of value in the transformative affect clothes can have on a character, fictional or not. “I did a project called Vanity Fair, and there was something about the fact that only when I was in the get up was I ready. It’s almost like putting on the armor. With Ray, it’s that same thing, although the trousers were a lot tighter. I would unbutton the shirt down to the navel, and it’s like, ‘yes, now I’m this guy’. It suddenly makes the character more real for me.”

When it comes to dressing himself though, like most guys, Charlie has his anxieties. Yes, clothes can have transformative qualities, but they can also make us feel self-conscious if we aren’t comfortable. “Even if I’m in America, and LA is boiling hot, I still don’t have the courage to wear a pair of shorts, so I’m dripping with sweat in black jeans or brown cords in the middle of LA.” For many actors, this is where a stylist comes in, but, as someone interested in menswear, and even runs his own clothing brand – Alcatraz Beach Club – with a friend, Charlie currently gets himself ready for red carpet dos like it’s just a night down the pub. “I do not have a stylist. But I am interested in having one purely because I get extremely in my head about what I’m wearing and then I’m like ‘fuck, am I wearing the right thing, I don’t know.’ So I like the idea of someone making the decisions for me. I trust my style, I think. Even though I second guess it, initially I do trust it. If I could just stick with that initial trust then I think I’ll be ok. I get why people do it, it’s one less stress.”