In a candid chat, the Lord Of The Rings and Game of Thrones star Sean Bean talks about playing Douglas Bennett in World on Fire, which is set to premiere on SonyLIV on August 14. The British war drama is written by Peter Bowker and stars Sean Bean, Julia Brown, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Ewan Mitchell, among others. Here are the excerpts:

Describe the character of Douglas and what it was about him that drew you to the script?
Douglas was involved in the First World War and was so mentally damaged by shell shock that it has an influence on how he viewed everything to do with the Second World War. He doesn't believe in war as a means of achieving objectives. He thinks there should be negotiation and people should be trying to communicate. At this point, no one is aware of the impact that this second war is going to make on the world but from his experience of the First World War he always wondered what it was all for. The people who fought were cannon fodder with no real understanding of why they were fighting. For Douglas it was a futile war leaving him mentally scarred and suffering from flashbacks, anxiety, insecurity and a slight leaning towards madness.