Bill Nighy has revealed he is plagued by thoughts about his own mortality.

The 65-year-old actor, who reprises his role as retired ex-pat Douglas Ainslie in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, admitted he constantly thinks about death.

Bill Nighy
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“I probably think about death 12 times a day,” he told The Observer Magazine. “I measure my life in Champions Leagues. How many do I have left?”

He added: “What do we hope for? Go to bed and don’t wake up, I suppose.”

The cast of Dad's Army
The cast of Dad’s Army (Universal Pictures/PA)

Bill, who has been filming the Dad’s Army movie and appeared in Pride and I, Frankenstein, also said he has no plans to stop working.

“I’m hoping not to retire,” he said.

In The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, the sequel to the 2012 surprise hit, he gets to ride around Jaipur on a motorbike with Dame Judi Dench on the back for the second time.

“I’m still hopeless on a motorbike,” Bill admitted. “Took 17 takes. I don’t know why they didn’t use a stunt rider in long shot.”