Mat Fraser is the first disabled actor to play Shakespeare’s twisted anti-hero Richard III – and he’s relishing the political incorrectness of the Bard’s script. But British TV channels are “pathetic” at giving such juicy roles to disabled actors, he says.

At the end of our interview, Fraser gives me a bit of advice about how to make his quotes suitable for publication.

“Whenever I swear, just put ‘hell’ or ‘damn’ instead,” he suggests.

That tip comes just after he has been talking about progress with casting disabled actors on TV.  More