'I want to play a gritty baddie': Actor Lenny Rush reveals hopes to take on villainous roles such as Batman's Joker and Austin Powers' Dr Evil in the future

Lenny Rush has revealed his hopes to take on a different kind of acting role in the future, wanting to turn his hand to iconic characters such as Batman's Joker and Austin Powers' Dr Evil.

The actor, 13, rose to prominence after starring in the 2019 rendetion of A Christmas Carol, more recently taking to the screen in Daisy May Cooper's comedy drama Am I Being Unreasonable?

And in addition to some new kinds of roles, he is also hoping to improvise some more on-screen, admitting he 'made up' many of his scenes while filming the recent drama.

Talking to Metro, Lenny explained: 'I really like the character the Joker, I really like people like him, I've always wanted to play some kind of Dr Evil-type crime boss too. A gritty baddie.'

Stars such as Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix have taken on the supervillain role of Joker, who appears in DC Comic movies.

While Dr Evil is the main antagonist within the Austin Powers franchise, portrayed by actor Mike Myers. 

And it's not only more controversial characters that Lenny sees ahead, as the star is also hoping to improvise more on screen.

Admitting that he 'made up' many of his scenes in new show Am I Being Unreasonable?, Lenny shared that the more relaxed way of acting 'felt more natural'. 

'I've never done it before, but, to be honest, now that I've done this show I prefer it more than following a script. It's just so much more relaxed and I think it looks more natural,' he said.

Lenny suffers from rare genetic disorder Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia congenita, which affects his growth and results in dwarfism - and recently opened up to praise the disability representation in the BBC show.

Am I Being Unreasonable? follows main character Nic (Daisy) as she struggles in a small town, dead-end marriage and son Ollie (Lenny).

And explaining that while his disibility is apparent in the show, the actor praised how importsnt it is for the condition to 'not take over the whole plot'. 

He previously explained to Metro: 'I've got my segway and it has a disability badge on the front, but nothing's ever said about it. And I like that because it's not needed to be said.

'Obviously some shows might be revolved around a kid with a disability and that makes sense if it's about the disability. But I like [that the team of Am I Being Unreasonable?] didn't make it into a massive plot. I liked that.'

He added: 'My agent asked, 'Is there any reason Lenny Rush couldn't go up for this role?' And they said, 'No there isn't.'