Paul Bettany leads a “double life.”

The actor says that even though he is known for appearing in serious movies such as Creation, he loves getting the chance to indulge in his childish side and is relishing doing his own stunts for Priest.

“There’s a sort of double life that I have as far as acting. I love making films like Creation about Charles Darwin, but I would be lying if I… The truth is when I was a kid my mom gave me a set of holsters, two holsters and guns and a cowboy hat. I ran around shooting things. And I suddenly thought, ‘Well, it’d be really nice approaching 40 to have a ball doing that,’” he said. “It feels even better because I have a bunch of friends who can put me on a wire and throw me up into the air.”

Despite enjoying working on the movie, Paul admits he is finding it tough.

He added to About.com: “Priest is even more exhausting than Legion. There’s a lot more jumping around. Priest is sci-fi, action, Western. All of those things in one bundle. It’s a really fun script and beautifully designed. And I’m having a great stunt team and I love working with Scott Stewart, the director, and I’m having a ball.”