Ben Kingsley: 'Horses make me nervous'

Sir Ben Kingsley has claimed that riding horses was the most challenging part of making Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time.

The actor revealed that he gets "nervous" around horses.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, he said: "Horses make me very nervous. It's not that I don't really like horses but rather they don't like me. I did have to do some riding and then I was in a full suit of black armour and then it decided to be 120 degrees. It was awful."

On playing a villain, he added: "My character, Uncle Nizam, isn't a baddie. This was a man driven by envy and regret. He was a normal chap and when envy and regret started to eat away at him, he turned bad.

"With that richness of character in mind, I was on that knife-edge of being good and bad, which I love."

Kingsley unveiled his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier this week.