‘I’ve never been at a better place’: Jon Hamm is ready to take charge

, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.If ever there was a man built to wear a suit, it’s Jon Hamm. As suave advertising executive Don Draper in the TV series Mad Men, he was rarely seen without a jacket and tie. He wore it as if it was a suit of armour, hiding a deeply troubled character underneath.It was the role – and the look – that would define him for his seven seasons on the show, but it’s taken the 54-year-old almost 10 years to feel ready to step back into the role of leading man.“I love it,” says Hamm. “I love being No.1 on the call sheet. I love having the ability and the responsibility to set the tone for the whole set. I’ve got very broad shoulders, I’m a pretty strong guy. I can carry a lot of things. But I knew at that point, especially right after Mad Men, that I probably wasn’t ready to go right into something else.”LoadingHe has found that “something else” – the TV series Y...