they said to him what is the character's
name and and he said well I don't want
to tell you and I said why not
and he said just read the script is
pretty crazy and you've got to stick
with it you've really got it so go with
it and if you don't go with it it's not
for you and I was like challenge laid
man that sounds like something it might
be fun and then I read the script and
I've got through the first ten pages and
it was like why is this and then the
next ten pages it was a different what
is that and then the next ten pages was
a completely different always this and
then the next ten pages confounded me
again and I think that's the joy of what
Knight does so well is that he keeps an
audience on their toes trying to figure
out what actually is the film gonna be
like not what it's about
I always feel like you know what the
films are about but what kind of film
are we watching so far are we watching
the thriller are we watching a cello are
we watching a supernatural are we
watching a sci-fi every watching a a
horror movie are we watching a
psychological drama what are we watching
and it's all of those things and there's
all of those things at different times
but it kind of really messes with the
audience as much as it messes with the
actors playing the parts because it has
been nuts making this film
playing them individually which is a
challenge sort of in itself but also
playing playing them in the same shot is
a challenge because an audience will buy
you as one character hopefully and then
you've got to go forget that nobody has
this next person and to make that
transition interesting and and part of
the ride
to make that part of the fun in the
movie but also but not make that
alienate the audience that's been a bit
this was that's my challenge that's my
job
he's very collaborative and he's very
very giving but he has got a very
specific idea of what he wants in his
mind and you know what night if you're
getting that or not and if you know what
night if he's happy or not because when
he's happy he's ecstatic and he's like a
little kid and when he doesn't feel like
he's getting literally 100% even if he's
got 99% of it perfect and beyond all
expectations him still be like yeah no
it's great yeah it was really good
and so that sort of relentless pursuit
of a division that he has in his mind is
quite inspiring and I quote Anna and a
sort of a good pressurizing kind of away
and where you really really want to
please him because he's got great ideas
and he comes up with great stuff on the
page and he's got such a great strong uh
image in his head of what this film
should be like sound like feel like and
look like
the audience can identify with head
worker don't think because he's 9 they
can't identify with Patricia partly
because she's not in it as much but also
partly because it's a man pretending to
be a woman and there's something
something there that I think the
audience found hard to identify what
they can sympathize with or definitely
but with him he's the closest thing
they've got the army'll protagonist and
that's been the big challenge is trying
to make the audience see him as
something other than just a villain
I've had a really good time with Anna
Taylor joy and Jess Sula hey Lelouch has
been great love and Betty Buckley as
well just an incredible bunch of women
which I was slightly you scared of
commenting Society I'm going to be I'm
going to be properly outnumbered you
know by this punch by this bunch of
incredible actresses and they've been
really gentle with me