United Kingdom, March 9 -- Matthew Rhys "cries a lot easier" now he's a dad.

The 50-year-old actor - who has eight-year-old son Sam with partner Keri Russell - admitted parenthood helped him prepare for his latest role in 'Hallow Road', in which he plays a concerned father facing a race against time to help his daughter following a car accident, because he could understand the emotions felt by his character.

He said: "I think once you do become a parent and you do allow yourself those thoughts ... the thought of having a child go through what happens in the film is horrifying so all you have to do is allow yourself the real thought of it.

"I cry a lot easier these days since I became a father for reasons I don't know why."

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