Other roles gave more scope for his acting abilities. In 1999's "Extremely Dangerous", his character walked a fine line between villain and hero. He became a repentant, poetry-reading Grammaton cleric who succumbs to his emotions in 2002's "Equilibrium", a quirky alien cowboy in 2003's "The Big Empty", and a sympathetic and cunning Odysseus in the 2004 film "Troy". He appeared with other Hollywood stars in Moby's music video "We Are All Made of Stars" in February 2002. In the same year, he returned to the stage in London performing in "Macbeth". Due to popular demand, the production ran until March 2003.