Jamie Dornan might be very passionate about the roles he takes, but it looks like not everyone is impressed with his method acting. In fact, the Irish actor has been criticized for admitting that he stalked a woman to help prep for his role as a serial killer in the BBC drama, The Fall.

According to the Irish Independent on Tuesday, Dornan says that while he's not proud of what he did, the experience did teach him a lot about his on-screen character, Paul Spector. The highly-rated show, which is available to view on Netflix, revolves around Dornan's character and the murders of three young women in Belfast.

He said, "I like, followed a woman off the train one day to see what it felt like to pursue someone like that. It felt kind of exciting in a really dirty way and I'm not proud of myself but I do think I learned something from it."

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Writer Mollie Goodfellow of the Independent (via the Belfast Telegraph) criticized the actor for following a woman around for the day, calling out the seriousness of many women attracting unwanted companions on the street.

Goodfellow wrote, "Being followed is not a pleasant experience, and why any man would admit to doing it, let alone enjoying it is beyond me. There's something quite sadistic in admitting a thrill to doing something so predatory."

She added, "Well good for you Jamie, but for the woman being followed, it's not exciting, even in a 'dirty' way. It's frightening, it's humiliating and it makes you question if you are capable of even walking outside alone. Jamie makes no mention on whether he approached the woman he chose to practice on to let her in on his scheme."

So far, Dornan has not responded to the criticism.

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