How much did you enjoy building the relationship between your Bill and Mark Strong’s Jim Prideaux, which forms such an important part of the story, and yet which relies on establishing so much in such little time?
Colin Firth: It was great. Mark and I don’t have much screen-time together, as you say. Our story is in our history
and it does help to have a history with an actor – we worked together 15 years ago and have remained friends. I have huge regard for what he does as an actor. I’ve seen him on stage countless times and on-screen, I think he’s brilliant.
And although our relationship mercifully does not mirror the one that you see in the film it does help to have some history and it does help to have a kind of short-hand with an actor that you’re going to work with briefly. In terms of my very, very limited screen-time in this film I think the moments with Mark are the highlights for me.
How much did you enjoy building the relationship between your Bill and Mark Strong’s Jim Prideaux, which forms such an important part of the story, and yet which relies on establishing so much in such little time?
Colin Firth: It was great. Mark and I don’t have much screen-time together, as you say. Our story is in our history