Kublai noticed this uncommon perception that Marco Polo has, with the idea to explain and talk about his country so vividly that he can see it.

Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a bridge between East and West.

I feel like we are reintroducing historical figures, with the explorer Marco Polo and the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, the ruler of the Mongol empire, the trading place that everybody wanted to get involved in.

I'm the worst person to ask about how to get noticed. It took me 25 years.

I'd like to helm my own series. Something British.

It's really hard because obviously people label you as a British East Asian actor. And I'm just from Salford; it's where I was born.