“It’s been pretty full on. I had a ferocious appetite and energy for it, and I went at it like a maniac. But I’m going to take some downtime now. The last five years, I was verging on being a workaholic. I’ve just been going from film to film,” he reveals.
He certainly isn’t exaggerating. Since 2011, Fassbender has more than a dozen credits to his name, such as the Steve Jobs biopic and a number of X-Men movies. But even if he does take time out, fans of the actor will still be seeing plenty of him in 2017, as Fassbender has three films in post-production and will next appear on the big screen in Assassin’s Creed, which is out in January.
Fassbender, who grew up in Kerry, also says he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of giving up acting in the future. “I’m not ruling it out. I’m not saying it’s going to happen, but a part of me thinks you have a time as an actor when you’re at your best. There’s a journey to it, and then it’s downhill,” he told Time Out magazine.