Charlie Cox thinks his wife has "replaced" him with their dog

He told People magazine: "My wife and our dog have a very effed-up relationship. They're way too close.

"Because I've been working a lot and I've been away, our dog has definitely replaced me in the family

Charlie's latest film Merv follows a recently-separated couple who take their dog on a trip to raise his spirits, and the romantic comedy inspired the 42-year-old star to get his own furry friend.

He laughed: "And a goldfish. Don't forget the goldfish."

Before finding fame, Charlie hung out in Los Angeles with a bunch of other aspiring British actors including Andrew Garfield, Robert Pattinson and Eddie Redmayne and he previously claimed he thought their friend Jamie Dornan was "too good looking" to make it in Hollywood.

Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live! earlier this year, he said: "My memory back then was that Andrew... he was dangerous. We were worried about him.

"And then the joke - oh, he'll probably kill me for saying this - the joke was Jamie went through a very dry patch at one point, and we genuinely thought it was because he was too good looking.

"I would say, 'It's just not - you're not believable! It's not believable. You can't get cast in anything!' "

Jamie would later have his huge breakthrough role in the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise, and has appeared in the likes of The Tourist and Belfast.

However, fame and success didn't necessarily come easy for the entire group, and they were convinced it was a "stupid dream" early in their careers.

Charlie added: "I have an amazing photo on my computer of us on the beach at Venice, all unemployed, all broke, waiting for the next audition.

"Basically waiting for someone to tell us we were talentless so we could just go home and let go of this stupid dream."

And they would often find themselves auditioning for the same parts.

He said: "We'd all put each other on tape, and help each other, and then be like, 'Did you hear anything? I didn't hear anything. Did you hear anything?' "