United Kingdom, April 17 -- Nicholas Galitzine was desperate to impress his stunt double on Masters of the Universe.

The 31-year-old actor prepared meticulously to play He-Man in the new sword and sorcery film, and Nicholas has admitted that he did his very best to impress his stunt double.

The actor - who stars in Masters of the Universe alongside Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, Morena Baccarin, Kristen Wiig, Jared Leto, and Idris Elba - told Entertainment Weekly: "I feel really like I was constantly in search of his validation, because he's such a bad***.

"But there's obviously the cliche about the actor who always wants to do his own stunts. And I got very lucky that Jonny [James], my stunt double, was so brilliant and really trained me...