He first starred as Orlando in a touring stage of William Shakespeare's As You Like It. Orlando is a love-struck nobleman, full of kindness and romance. His performance received glowing reviews and led to a commendation at the 2004 Ian Charleson Awards.

"It's pretty quick but that's the best way to learn."

"It's what I've always wanted, a lead role or something."

"People ask if I was terrified but I was actually really excited."

"A baptism of fire for Dan, but he found it a totally enthralling experience."

Here we can get a glimpse of his mediated image: adaptive, ambitious, curious, and always challenging himself.

Stevens is perfectly in this range, and it comes that his appearance suits well in his characters.

"I believe he has a three-movie deal. He's doing very well."

It suggests that Stevens made his plan by himself, and he was working on his future career.

When talking about his career in Hollywood, he regarded it as "fun, challenging, an interesting journey, and pushing the envelope."

It referred that Stevens did not want to be typecast.

A fan said, "My heart literally broke in two whenever Dan’s character died."

Another one stated that "His character could have really blossomed if he could have stayed in Downton."

Still more fans blessed him sincerely with his new adventures in Hollywood film.

Stevens explained doing film is something that interests him, and he really enjoyed challenging himself in his new film.

Also, he got a voice coach and used fangs to train the beast voice.

Stevens regarded this as "a fascinating journey." He said he always learns on the job for everything he is doing.

Director Condon expressed affirmation and surprise at Stevens' action, which Stevens sees as a challenge and is having fun with.

He also defines acting as "not something you go into if you want to make lots of money." It suggests his pure love for the acting career. It aligns with his exit in Downton when the show swept globally and had considerable profit prospects.

Just like his other interviews, he always transmits that he enjoys the fun and challenges when making a new work.

This demonstrates Stevens' performance in the fashion industry; the colorful appearance suggests his refusal to be defined (typecast) and curiosity to embrace the variety.

His educational background: Tonbridge School throughout adolescence (with a scholarship, not his parent's funding) and later majoring in English at the University of Cambridge.

Stevens said that his educational background and his appearance might make the audience think he is related to the posh upper class. But actually his adoptive parents are middle-class. (He was adopted by his parents at birth.) That is the reason he can play well the role of Nick Guest, who is born as middle-class in The Line of Beauty.

"It's kind of interesting and tricky role to play," says Stevens.

When talking about the versatility of the roles, Stevens thinks that every character allows him to explore his different possibilities.

Regarding the attitude of avoiding being typecast, Stevens reinforced that he has always been "excited by transformation and hopping around in different things."

When mentioning Downton, he answered, "It's steady work. And that’s great. I just always had an appetite for variety."

Besides, he showcased his developing interest in language, writing, and producing.

In the comment section, a viewer said, "Blue-eyed Dan Stevens is the best thing in this weird movie." It suggests that his 'blue eyes' are redefined and less associated with those gentlemen and 'posh' characters.

For Stevens, he is always "looking for different things." He feels excited for the variety in the U.S. compared to the somewhat conservative casting in Britain.

Besides, it mentions that more and more British actors decided to move abroad to avoid being typecast and make changes.

When this interview mentioned Downton, Stevens admitted that as an actor, he frequently had to tell people about his roles, and it could be discouraging when they didn't notice anything (except for Downton). Downton was a global hit, but it still appeared to be an invisible shackle on him. He always showed that he didn't want to be typecast and was ready for the challenges.

In brief, Stevens is prone to the first type.