Rupert Friend's Nazi normalcy

18-09-2008 13:30

Rupert Friend wouldn't visit Auschwitz in case it jeopardised his film performance.The actor - who is dating his 'Pride and Prejudice' co-star Keira Knightley - did not want the horrors of the second world war concentration camp to bring "normalcy" to his performance as a Nazi in 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'He said: "I don't think I could have gone. It was important that I concentrated on seeing the war as a 'normal' part of life. "I think if I had visited Auschwitz and seen the atrocities of the concentration camp first hand, I wouldn't have been able to bring that objectivity and, for lack of a better word, normalcy to the role."'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' is in cinemas worldwide now.