Born in California, Marcus Mumford, 39, formed the band Mumford & Sons in 2007. Two years later, they released their Brit award-winning debut Sigh No More, which included the song Little Lion Man. In 2013, Babel won album of the year at the Grammys, and in 2025 the band had their third No 1 album, Rushmere. Their latest release is Prizefighter and on 4 July they play BST Hyde Park in London. In 2022, Mumford made a solo record, Self\u2011Titled. He is married to the actor Carey Mulligan, has three children and\u00a0lives in the West Country.<\/p>\n
Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Sickeningly, it\u2019s probably my wife, because she\u2019s a legend.<\/p>\n
What is the trait you most deplore\u00a0in\u00a0yourself?
Pride.<\/p>\n
What is the trait you most deplore\u00a0in\u00a0others?
Pride.<\/p>\n
What was your most embarrassing\u00a0moment?
One of the first TV appearances that our band made in America, on\u00a0the Craig Ferguson show. I\u00a0forgot\u00a0the\u00a0lyrics\u00a0to Little Lion Man and then broke two strings.<\/p>\n
Describe yourself in three words
Trying quite hard.<\/p>\n
What do you most dislike about your\u00a0appearance?
I\u2019m all right.<\/p>\n
What is your most unappealing habit?
Chewing gum.<\/p>\n
Who would play you in the film of your life?
Alec Baldwin.<\/p>\n
What is the worst thing anyone\u2019s said\u00a0to you?
\u201cI have it on very good authority he\u2019s\u00a0a\u00a0complete cunt.\u201d<\/p>\n
What would your superpower be?
Flying.<\/p>\n
What makes you unhappy?
Not being able to fly.<\/p>\n
What does love feel like?
Freedom.<\/p>\n
Have you ever said \u2018I love you\u2019 and not\u00a0meant it?
No.<\/p>\n
Which living person do you most despise, and why?
We have a rule in our house where we\u00a0don\u2019t say hate.<\/p>\n
What is the worst job you\u2019ve done?
Working in farming in Somerset at 18, there were elements that were awful, and they were all really edifying. I\u00a0mean, feeding chickens in sleet was hard work but I\u00a0am so glad I did it.<\/p>\n
When did you last cry, and why?
This morning, in a really great conversation with my dad.<\/p>\n
What would you like to leave your\u00a0children?
A spirit of generosity.<\/p>\n
What is the closest you\u2019ve ever come\u00a0to death?
Rolling a quad bike.<\/p>\n
What single thing would improve the\u00a0quality of your life?
Not having my injuries: shoulders, knees and ankles. I did a lot of contact sports as a kid.<\/p>\n
What do you consider your greatest\u00a0achievement?
Football player of the year 4th XI 2002.<\/p>\n
What keeps you awake at night?
Infinity. I can\u2019t get my head round it.<\/p>\n
How would you like to be remembered?
I don\u2019t care that much about legacy. Within family I do, but not\u00a0externally.<\/p>\n
What is the most important lesson life\u00a0has taught you?
Know the things you are responsible for and the things you\u00a0aren\u2019t.<\/p>\n
What happens when we die?
Disneyland x a million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Born in California, Marcus Mumford, 39, formed the band Mumford & Sons in 2007. Two years later, they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-494828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}