Movieplayer.it did an interview in Italian with Matthew Macfadyen for Ripper Street. You can read the interview in Italian HERE or use google translation HERE.
This is a fabulous interview in which Matthew happens to reveal his childhood poster and his interests in sports, among other things.
This video interview reveals Matthew Macfadyen's impressions of his character, Inspector Reid. He comments that his character was more "modern" but not as smart as Sherlock Holmes, but perhaps tougher.
The interview was taken at the Roma Fiction Fest 2012 for Cinefilos
Movieplayer.it did an interview in Italian with Matthew Macfadyen for Ripper Street. You can read the interview in Italian 