Armie Hammer opens up about his split from wife Elizabeth Chambers

Armie Hammer is opening up about how the "intense situation" of quarantine played a role in he and wife Elizabeth Chambers' separation.

In a cover story for the latest issue of British GQ, the actor offered a candid interview in which he talked about the emotional pain he's experienced since he and Chambers announced this summer that their marriage was coming to an end after 10 years.

Earlier this year, the former couple and their two children -- daughter Harper, 5, and son Ford, 3 -- quarantined with Hammer's father, and his new wife, in the Cayman Islands, where COVID-19 protection measures were so strict that the family was unable to leave the apartment.

"It was tough, man. I'd never dealt with anything like that before in my life, so I didn't have the tools. It was just this thing that snuck up on everybody. I don't think I handled it very well," Hammer said. "I think, to be quite frank, I came very close to completely losing my mind. I just felt completely powerless."

Being in such close quarters for an extended period of time with a combination of "big personalities," as Hammer described it, proved to be a breaking point for the couple, who announced their separation in July.

"I don't think you'll find anyone in the world who would ever say what I'm going through is an easy thing to go through," Hammer said. "It's not about whether it was your idea or not, or whether you think it's the right idea or you don't. Either way, a separation like this is a seriously seismic event in someone's life."