Recently we saw him in the western Slow West, this Christmas he became Macbeth and early January will get into the skin of Steve Jobs. And before we think it’s strange know that Michael Fassbender will return next May as Magneto in X-Men: Apocalypse and the end of 2016, as the protagonist of the Assassin’s Creed, adaptation of the popular video game (film where he’s also a producer).

His presence can be further increased with three other independent films, which don't yet have release date in Spain: The Light Between Oceans, Trespass Against Us, and the untitled film, made by legendary Terrence Malick.

It appears that Michael is a workaholic; it's exactly like that, perhaps because he spent years dreaming of what has poured like rain on him. The truth is that no one discovered his cinema passion until the age of 17, and now he’s not planning to slow down. He already agreed to star in the sequel to Prometheus, entitled Alien: Covenant, it will be again directed by Ridley Scott; and will soon begin filming The Snowman for the Swedish Tomas Anderson (the director’s first film after his debut in Hollwwood).

Such enthusiasm is paying off to the actor: his work as Jobs has made him one of the strongest candidates to compete for the Oscar race alongside such actors like Leonardo DiCaprio.

Q: Were you disappointed that the role has been offered to two other actors before you?

A: No, because it's something I'm very used to. It is very common in this industry. It’s not unusual for a director, a producer or a team of people want another actor before calling me. The problem is when the media found out about it, because then I have to talk about it. But it's part of how things work in Hollywood, and I'm sure it would have been fantastic job for Christian Bale. So I called him when I got the role and talked about his approach to the character. The truth is that many people can do what I do with the same quality and vice versa.

Q: How did you prepare to become Steve Jobs?

A: I studied Ashton Kutcher (he played the technological guru in another film) ... Seriously, the truth is that Aaron Sorkin's script was very dense, so it took me a long time to study it. And then I saw all videos of Steve that I could find on YouTube. I watched it countless times and then returned to study the script, and it was it. But then I enjoyed the luxury of having much time to rehearse, which in the film is not very common. We rehearsed two weeks and then we shot for two others, and then retest the next act.

Q: What attracted you in Jobs and what you disliked?

A: The truth is you do not necessarily have to bring me good character to play him. I just try to understand. I think what struck me most was his vision, passion and commitment he had with that vision. It was something that started in mid to late seventies and could only realized when he returned to Apple. The first Mac was the beginning of everything, but at that time people thought it was a toy. His vision was to break with the idea that computers has only one function and show that you really can establish a relationship with them. When you use your laptop, your iPhone or tablet, and don’t see them as a simple tool, it's much more than that. There is a relationship there. And it was Jobs who managed to impose this way of seeing things even if at first nobody understood. So what he achieved is really impressive.

Q: If you had to describe it in one word, what would you choose?

A: Would use two: Steve Jobs. It certainly was an extraordinary person, who changed the world we live in. It's like Henry Ford. Again, they’re impressive because they’re responsible for that have changed the way we live. That is all. I don’t question whether it was a good or bad person. I do not waste time on such thought ...

Q: If you had the chance to talk to him, what would you ask?

A: Do we share an acid trip together? Where do you think we go? Jokes aside, I do not know, I have a lot of questions. I guess I would ask what he did in his moments of doubt, or perhaps what was most frightened him. Actually, I'm thinking about the questions that journalists often ask me...

Q: There wasn't that many doubts about Jobs...

A: Is not that. It is that right now I'm thinking Assassin's Creed, which is the movie I'm filming now. I don’t think of Jobs anymore because I gave everything of me earlier this year, when we shot the film.

O: The technology entrepreneur did not have much time for his personal life, and it must be something...

A: So it is. This is what usually happens when you're working too hard. I usually live more than necessary in the world of storytelling, and when I have to return to reality, and spend some time doing like I'm someone else, it can be a little hard. Anyway I feel I need to take a vacation, but it's difficult when so many good possibilities arise. Had plans to take a few months off when I got the script of Steve Jobs, the truth is that I could not pass it up. In general, I usually try to keep a healthy balance between work and personal life, and when I finish a film I forget the character very quickly. But perhaps much work has its price as it is in a nursing home, I remember all of them.