HT – Hi Nicolas. So, ever done an interview in a swimming pool before?

NB – Nope. This’ll be a first.

HT – I thought the pool was deeper than that!?
NB – I’m exceptionally tall. But not in a weird way.



HT – So what you doing on this side of the world?
NB – I’m visiting my brother. He’s a musician. He’s doing a summer back-packing trip and then heading to a festival in the UK to link with this new band called Katy And The Elders. You have to check this Katy girl’s voice out. Magic. So yeah, I’ve got two weeks in the South of France and Greece before I head back to New York. Loving every minute.



HT - What’s your latest project?
NB- I’m shooting an indie movie in New York from Late July. It’s called the New Yorker and I’m playing the New Yorker! The guy, not the magazine. I’m not that versatile.



HT – What’s the favourite part you’ve played so far?
NB – In Sky High, which was about a high school for superheroes, I played a guy who glowed in the dark. Not a great superpower, so I was relegated to sidekick. But it was a great part.



HT – So you do a lot of Disney things?
NB – Well my new movie The Watch is totally different, not Disney at all. I play Vince Vaughn’s nemesis. We’re basically battling over his daughter. I want to have sex with her. He doesn’t want me to have sex with her. Cue fight music.  Romantic fight music.



HT – Without giving away the ending… can we take it that you’ve now done your first sex scene?
NB – Let’s just say Vince walks in at an awkward moment and – that’s a spoiler alert right there!



HT – So where you been staying while you’re here?
NB – I was staying with my brother in Sête for a bit. Hanging out with this dude Alfie Wade. He’s an incredible guy. You know those guys everyone knows? Everybody knows Alfie Wade. Then these last few nights, I’ve been staying at this beautiful vineyard, Domaine Saint Hilaire. The owner used to work in the film business with Monty Python, so we swapped some stories. And I’ve just been feeling so relaxed. When I’m in LA, it’s all about business and what you’re doing next. Here it’s all about good food, good wine, good times! And nice people. They’ve been really friendly. My French isn’t that good, but people have been real nice about it.



HT -  So what else have you been up to in the Herault? Any tips for our readers?
NB – Went to the Fête de la Musique in Montpellier. That’s a crazy party. Don’t miss it when June comes round again. I guess the closest thing we got in the US is Mardi Gras, but that’s a bit more in your face. This was more about wandering round the town and finding the music you love. Discovering these cool little bands playing round every corner. I loved that – you got to do a bit of searching to find what your vibe is. Then what else? Went to this great little restaurant which is hidden away in the forest somewhere by a lock, called La Guingette d’Asterix. It’s the sort of place you’d never find if you’re not with a local. We were a bit late, but check the owner out, hands down the best moustache in France. He looked after us real nice and it’s in a great spot. 



HT - Best food you had?
NB – Got to be this watermelon salad we had last night, with goats’ cheese and mint. Sounds kind of wrong, but believe me it was so right. Delicious. It was at this dinner soirée type gathering where I’ve been staying at DSH. Chilled out music, sitting by the pool, and like ten different wines that they make here. The owner took us through them and, yeah, it all gets pleasantly hazy after that. I might have to try them again. Oh, and there’s like this secret place here that’s like a tiny English pub inside a cottage. It’s run by this guy called Nick who’s got a great vinyl collection. If you get the invite, make sure you ask for the orgasmatron experience. It’ll blow your mind.

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HT – Anything you’d avoid?
NB – Yeah. Tasty looking traditional fish pastries from Sête. They look good. But just don’t put them in your mouth. They’re the kind of thing I’d give Vince Vaughn for breakfast if I woke up in his house after sleeping with his daughter.

Nicolas emerges from the pool, looking exceptionally tall. But not in a weird way.