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Dan Stevens' children help him leave behind any "darkness" that comes with a role.
The 31-year-old actor is proud dad to daughter Willow and son Aubrey, who he has with wife Susie Hariet. Alongside raising his little ones, Dan is enjoying a career high, with several movie releases out this year.
Speaking about how he juggles the different areas of life, the handsome star - who currently resides in Brooklyn - explained the positivity his children exude.
"Family is hugely important to me. Having kids is the best possible way to shake off any kind of darkness that might accompany a role that you’re playing. You step in that door and everything melts away very quickly, which is a good thing," he explained to Collider. "I’m just enjoying exploring all manner of roles and travelling all over the country and seeing a lot more of the States than I had ever dreamed of, and taking them with me sometimes, which is cool. Showing the kids all different areas is great."
Dan rose to fame with his role as Matthew Crawley in period TV drama Downton Abbey, before he departed in 2012. One of the films he is currently promoting is A Walk Among the Tombstones, in which he plays drug dealer Kenny Kristo. He underwent a drastic makeover for the role, along with the others he takes on in 2014.
"The last couple of years have been a number of physical transformations and that aspect I hadn’t really been able to embrace before. It’s something that’s afforded you a lot more in film. You get the time to drop the weight, to bulk up again." he added. "I lost about 30 pounds to play Kenny in Tombstones, and then put about 25 back on to play David in The Guest. Then I put on 50 pounds of armour to play Lancelot in Night at the Museum."