Julian Sands had the heart of a child-man in which scorpions and bluebirds nested | Gabriel Byrne

Byrne worked with the late Sands on three films - Gothic, Siesta and All Things to All Men. He remembers a fierce, mysterious and much-loved man, fearless as both actor and adventurer

Over the last few months, images of Julian have been recurring in my mind.

A summer morning, so many years ago, filming Gothic in Berkshire. Julian, Natasha Richardson and myself lounging beneath a cedar tree.