Eddie Redmayne says his kids want him to be a wizard again after playing a serial killer

Eddie Redmayne says his kids want him to be a wizard again after seeing a snippet of him playing a serial killer in The Good Nurse. You can watch the trailer below:

The title refers to Amy Loughren (played by Jessica Chastain), a single mother working night shifts as a nurse while struggling with a life-threatening heart condition.

Loughren soon becomes suspicious of her friend and co-worker Charles Cullen (Redmayne) after a series of mysterious deaths spark an investigation.

As you can tell, Redmayne definitely doesn't play the 'good nurse', a detail that didn't go down too well with his six-year-old daughter Iris and four-year-old son Luke.

Of course, they didn't actually see any of the scenes being played, but instead were taken to the craft service table to make the most of the snacks.

"They caught a glimpse of the trailer for the film - which again is horrific parenting, I don't know why I showed it to them - and they realised quite promptly that I am not the good nurse," he explained.

"I'm the bad nurse, and my daughter asked me if maybe I could go back to being a wizard."

He also said his kids are so young that they still don't entirely get what it is he does for a living, especially after seeing all of the sweets and snacks on the service table.

"My kids think that my job is to go and run a sweets shop," he joked.

Elsewhere in the interview, Redmayne opened up about the killer he portrayed in The Good Nurse.

Cullen was eventually caught in 2003 and is now serving life imprisonment in New Jersey.

Although he was confirmed to have killed 29 patients during his 16-year career across many hospitals, the actor explained that some believe this figure is closer to 400.

It's no surprise that The Good Nurse is a dark film, one that's well worth adding to your watchlist this Halloween if you haven't seen it yet - although make sure your kids are in bed first.