Sea Wall in the first place? Tom Sturridge: I think the first thing was my relationship with [ Sea Wall playwright] Simon [Stephens]. âLiterallyâ is a boring word to use in a sentence, but he was quite literally the reason I do theatre. He gave me my first job in the theatre. I donât know if itâs the same in America, but in England the theatre is quite a difficult community to get into if youâre inexperienced. Iâd never done a play before I met SimonâSimon was the first author to believe in me. And then a few years ago, he came to see me in a show I was doing in New York and he handed me