actor jamie bell said that he prefers to play funny sidekick in films reportedly the 31yearold actor said that he usually does not watch his own movies but had to watch his latest film as he was playing a real life character in iti rarely see any of my work but i had a duty to watch film stars dont die in liverpool a responsibility i was playing someones real liferead alsoand its very challenging watching yourself i dont know what its like for other actors the actor saidall the time im watching it im like i should really stick to playing the funny sidekick guy thats my preferred role he added film stars dont die in liverpool also features annette bening who plays the role of gloria grahame