The Musketeers star Marc Warren says he always gets cast as a baddie – because he has “something in the eyes”.

The actor plays the treacherous Comte de Rochefort in the swashbuckling BBC One series.

Marc Warren
Marc Warren (BBC/Dusan Martinek)

He told Radio Times magazine that he always gets cast as evil characters and will be playing another baddie in BBC One drama Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.

“I’m very nice in real life,” he insisted, but added: “I enjoy playing the baddies. They’re easier and more fun.

“And for some reason I just have that look – the look of the nutter. It’s something in the eyes. But anybody who knows me would say I’m not like that at all.”

He said of playing a nice character: “They’re very boring to play, and very difficult to play. I have done it and I really struggle”.

Marc also appeared in hit US series The Good Wife but said that fans of the show took a dislike to his alter-ego.

Marc Warren guest stars on The Good Wife
Marc Warren guest stars on The Good Wife (CBS/Jeffrey Neira /Landov
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“My instant reaction was that I didn’t want to do it, but everybody said I should. I was in New York for five months and ended up feeling right at home. I was playing another wrong ’un, but the fans hated my character.

“I was the husband of one of the main girls and the fans turned against me. I was booked for ten episodes, but I ended up doing nine. They hadn’t worked out how the audience would react.”