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Cox stars alongside Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes and Sienna Miller in the film that's being compared to genre classics like The Princess Bride and The Labyrinth.

The 24-year-old Londoner plays a lovestruck village boy who tries to retrieve a fallen star to win the hand of his dream girl, only to find himself in the midst of a life and death adventure in a magical parallel universe.

With just a handful of smaller roles to his credit, landing the lead in the Matthew Vaughn-directed big budget movie was more than a dream come true.

"It was a job.

"It sounds ridiculous but really that's part of it - I wasn't working and it was a job," Cox says.

"And it was such a charming script. If they were at all interested in me I was definitely available for it."

In the course of the film, Cox duels with De Niro, battles Pfeiffer and kisses Danes and Miller.

Not bad for his first major role.

"It was nerve-racking but fun, it was really fun," he says.

"Who gets to do that? Not many people.

"I'm very lucky."

Cox said he couldn't help but admire his more experienced co-stars and learn a thing or two from them.

"Their professionalism was the most obvious to me," he said.

"I didn't expect anything else but it's just that it was comforting and nice to see some of the greatest actors working hard.

"It's not like they can just drink all night, turn up late not knowing their stuff and pull off the kind of performances they do."

With his Hollywood good looks and blossoming career as a leading man, Cox has been compared to his fellow countryman Orlando Bloom.

But don't mention that to him.

"Don't say it," he warns, clearly fed up with the comparison.

"I don't want to be known as 'the next'. I want it to be 'this guy is really good' or 'he's involved with some great movies'.

"I don't know if he knows I'm the next him. And what does that mean? That I'm going to get his parts? I don't know, I don't think so."

Cox does acknowledge that the comment is also recognition that people predict big things for him.

"It's meant as a compliment, and of course it is, and that's obviously exciting and bizarre all at the same time," he says.

But Cox says he definitely isn't courting fame, having seen the downside of it from hanging out with his Casanova co-star, Australian actor Heath Ledger.

"I'm not focusing on being famous, I'm not waiting until I'm recognised on the street - that stuff I think is stupid," Cox says.

"I've been around people, I've worked with Heath and it's really tedious after a while.

"Cause for so many people on the street that's the biggest thing that's happened to them all day, but it's happened to him every minute for the last three hours and you're not surprised that people can become a bit, like, 'move on'. You just want to relax.

"So that's not exciting or fun, but if you want to be successful it kind of comes with it, doesn't it?

"I'd like to continue having the opportunities that I've got at the moment and to be able to work, and also to have a little bit of choice about what I do."