Amateur philosophy (mine) aside, I’m meeting Green, 36, to talk about her current role in Tim Burton’s latest creation Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, an adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ book about a young boy’s adventures in an orphanage full of unique children with special powers. It’s typical Burton territory – blending darkness and light, examining the fight to fit in. Green plays Miss Peregrine. “She’s the children’s guardian and ready to sacrifice herself,” Green explains in her practically perfect English accent. “She’s a bit bonkers in a nice way. Tim likes to call her ‘scary Poppins’.”