Sam Claflin reveals he always dreamed of being a father and admits he would 'give up acting to be a full-time dad'
He's the doting father-of-two who made a name for himself with his diverse catalogue of acting work.
And Sam Claflin reveals in July’s Vera Magazine for Virgin Atlantic that he'd happily give up his career in order to take care of his children full-time.
Speaking candidly about his family with wife Laura Haddock, as well as his career, the actor, 32, said: 'If I had to give up acting to be a full-time dad, I would do it.'
Mixing it up: Sam Claflin has admitted he would 'give up acting to be a full-time dad' in a new interview to promote his upcoming movie, Adrift
Love: Speaking candidly about his family with wife Laura Haddock, as well as his career, the actor, 32, said: 'If I had to give up acting to be a full-time dad, I would do it' (pictured in 2017)
The Hunger Games star continued: 'Just before I came here I was cleaning my daughter's nappy, and it was very messy, but that's what life is.
'For me, if you'd asked me when I was really young what I wanted to be when I was older, I would have said a dad.'
Sam met his actress wife in 2011 and for him it was love at first sight, and the couple now raise a two-year-old son named Pip and a six-month-old daughter.
Ahoy there: The Hunger Games star continued: 'Just before I came here I was cleaning my daughter's nappy, and it was very messy, but that's what life is'
Adding: 'For me, if you'd asked me when I was really young what I wanted to be when I was older, I would have said a dad'
Despite his admission that he'd be happy to drop everything, Sam has had quite the busy year in film as he's already finished three projects and is currently working on a fourth - whilst also gracing the big screen in WWI epic Journey End.
Sam will be seen in forthcoming film Adrift, which sees the actor play real-life sailor Richard Sharp alongside Shailene Woodley who plays his partner Tami Oldham Ashcraft.
Tami was 24 when she and her boyfriend were caught in a huge storm that left their yacht adrift, and had also incapacitated the latter.
Keeping afloat: Despite his admission that he'd be happy to drop everything, Sam has had quite the busy year in film - he's already finished three projects and is currently working on a fourth - whilst also gracing the big screen in WWI epic Journey End
Determined to survive, the sailor worked tirelessly to travel 700 miles across the ocean to get them to the nearest land in Hawaii, and kept her hunger at bay with sardines and spam.
Whist no doubt an ordeal to live through, it wasn't easy to recreate for the big screen either as Sam said: 'On day one we all set out with smiles on our faces, thinking, "This isn't work!" But Mother Nature had other ideas.
'We all returned home at the end of the day having been sick – holding each other's hair back – it was a brilliant introduction.'
New role: Sam will be seen in forthcoming film Adrift, which sees the actor play real-life sailor Richard Sharp alongside Shailene Woodley who plays his partner Tami Oldham Ashcraft
Out now: Read the full interview in the July issue of Vera
He continued: 'There's nothing that breaks the ice like watching the rest of your colleagues throwing up.'
Shailene has previously recalled sobbing while reading about the story of Tami and Richard, who endeavoured to sail from Tahiti to San Diego.
But she admitted her co-star got her through moments of extreme hunger on set.
Speaking in a previous interview with The New Paper, she said: 'We were working extremely long hours out on the open sea. Sam and I were losing quite a bit of weight as we weren't eating much.
'So not having the fuel to run you physically, along with the emotional complexities that were incredibly taxing at times, mixed with the physicality, it could have been a gruelling experience.'
'I don't know that I could do it without Sam. We both really were there for one another in our moments of extreme exhaustion and hunger.'
Adrift was released in the US on June 1 and hits UK cinemas on Friday.
Tough: Sam in his upcoming movie Adrift, alongside Shailene Woodley
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