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Paul Bettany, who plays envious court composer Antonio Salieri in Amadeus - Sky's new miniseries about musical prodigy Mozart - talks about how he approached the role at a press junket in central London.Amadeus will launch on Sky and streaming service Now on December 21.

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00:00I was saying, like, what was it like kind of carrying all of that throughout filming all of those kind of dark, unsavoury feelings?
00:07Yes. It was kind of great, really. That's my Sunday.
00:14Anyway, yeah. I don't know. What did I... I felt things like... I found it really hard to attach myself to the idea of God.
00:23Because I think really what's happened is he's felt like God has chosen Mozart and abandoned me.
00:37And I... But I then sort of made it like a father in my head, a father figure and a sort of prodigal son story.
00:46And a father who was showering the wrong kid with attention and love.
00:53And feeling that sort of fury and I found that an easier way in.
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