[1] He has said that the family moved between South Africa and England at least 13 times and that he attended nine schools overall, which "made [him] a little confused as to [his] identity for a while".
[2] Despite bearing an uncanny resemblance, he has refuted the popular belief that Agent 47's physical appearance was based on him, dismissing it as a coincidence.
[3] Addressing fan backlash following the revelation that he had been replaced without warning by American actor William Mapother for Hitman: Absolution, Bateson revealed that IO Interactive were ignoring his efforts to contact them[4] and later confirmed on his website that he had been "unceremoniously dropped from the franchise" but was unable to comment further for "legal reasons".
[5] He was rehired for the voice role before the game's release, though Mapother's motion capture work remained intact.
[6][7] Mapother returned for the subsequent game to voice Dino Bosco, an arrogant Italian actor Agent 47 must kill.