Nicholas Hoult says he is ‘loving life’ because he can spend time with his son, two   

Nicholas Hoult has admitted he’s relishing the challenges of fatherhood, and is actually enjoying being at home with his family due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The actor, 39, has a two-year-old son with model Bryana Holly, and shared a rare insight into being a dad on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Wednesday.  

Nicholas said: ‘I’m loving it. It’s mad. It’s a learning curve, isn’t it? There’s a lot to take in.

‘But overall, it’s like that time again, it brings back a lot of memories of your childhood.

‘It makes you play again – which I’m really enjoying, particularly with this time now with everything shut down and not having to work I’m kind of just playing trains all day. 

‘Yeah, it’s great.’

Nicholas has made a concerted effort to keep his family life out of the spotlight in recent years.

In an interview in 2019, he explained: ‘Someone will find out soon enough and that’s fine, no big deal, but for now it’s my own precious little thing and I’m keeping it.’

The actor – who previously dated fellow Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence for five years – has succeeded in keeping his son’s name a secret for more than two years.

However, he did previously admit that parenthood has proven to be a life-changing experience, saying it’s made him ‘value time differently’.

The X-Men star – who has been in a relationship with Bryana since 2017 – said: ‘Having a baby puts you in this place where you go, oh, okay, this human is going to change a lot.

‘It makes you value time differently, which is why I talk very quickly in interviews now, because I need to get home to them.’