Claes Bang: ‘Could I do Bond? No, I'd be too old’

The Danish actor, 53, on multilingualism, nudity, the joy of being in a band and why playing Dracula was such a gift of a role

My schooling in Denmark was quite a mess. I went to something like eight or nine primary schools. My parents moved around a lot and then they got divorced. I had new classmates every Monday.

We did a play in high school. Someone said, Would you like to be in it?" and I said, How could I? I'm not an actor." They said, Let's just try, it might work." I was terrified of applying to drama school. I was sure they would say: Thank you very much for coming, but no thanks." I was lucky to have been accepted.