James Norton is still hoping to have a "family and a relationship" following the breakdown of his relationship with fiancee Imogen Poots. The 'Little Women' star started dating the '28 Weeks Later' actress back in 2018 and they got engaged in 2022 but split last year, and James admits he didn't have "control" over certain choices in his life but he's still hoping to find love and settle down. He told The Sunday Times newspaper: "Getting older is a struggle if you are freaking out about the choices you’ve made, but I don’t carry regret.
And, you know, some of the choices recently weren’t mine, yet I don’t feel begrudging. Maybe next year I’ll have a family and a relationship ..
. "You have a certain amount of control over your life and choices you make, and at other times you don’t. But if you made those choices or not, it’s a shame to spend time agonising over either.
" He added of his dream to become a dad one day: "I don’t sit on set where I’m playing a dad and feel sad and broody. I love hanging out with kids - most of my friends have kids so I’m not quite in step with my peers - but the past few years have been the busiest I’ve been, so it would not have been fair to bring a child into that. "Also, the inherently unfair benefit of being a man is there is less rush.
I am lucky I can have kids later, so now I’m happy, actually, with my life. I feel really excited by the choices I’ve made." In the interview James also opened up about the bullying he s.