About how he got into the project:
"George always works at a very high level. And the last ten years and at all can be called outstanding in his career. Each script that he wrote was nominated for some premium. Each film that he removed as a director also received various nominations. And how many times he advanced on the awards as an actor - and not to count at all. He is like a shooter who clearly sees his goal and falls into it. So when George offered me a role in his new film, I just could not refuse to work with him. Not even knowing what the story will be. It was a great honor for me. And the fact that we are a long-standing friends with him, I further spurned to accept his offer. "
About real events:
"I'm shocked that I have never heard this story before, I knew nothing about these people. And shocked that anyone earlier did not occur to make a film on this topic. After all, the story of the curators of museums, professors, art historians who went to the front in order to save the great works of art from the Nazis paws - just the perfect plot for the cinema. "
About the classics of the genre:
"They say that this film is similar to the classic pictures about the war. And this is exactly what we have achieved. George is a large expert of cinema, a lover of classic Hollywood and a diligent student. We discussed a lot, how to make the ribbon reminded the old military films. And first of all, they tried to achieve this old manner of speech, because at that time people communicated at all as we are now. I confess, it was not easy to get away from the modern language. But, in part, my grandparents helped me, whose behalf of which always fascinated me. "
About star composition:
"It is amazing to work in the company of people where everyone can pull the film alone. Easy and nice, because you do not have to drag the whole picture on yourself. And it means that you are not liable for you. The situation was partly similar to that atmosphere that reigned on the filming of the film "11 Friends of Osouna" and his sequelch. Everyone communicated with each other on equals, both on the site and beyond. We often have gathered somewhere after work somewhere else together and chat not about the film, but about all sorts of trifles, without some kind of submission, or on the contrary, the realization of their own significance. And it's great. "
About Kate Blanchett:
"Kate Blanchett again struck me as 16 years ago. Then we starred with her together in the film "Talented Mr. Ripley". She could play her scene, then say to everyone "goodbye", sit down in the car and go home, and we were still standing on Anthony Mingell, while I watched her mouths, and watched her after the thought: "What was it, damn it? How does she succeed? " Kate is just an incredible talent, and she always lays out in full. I would say she slightly touched in a certain sense. In this film, she played a Frenchwoman, while herself originally from Australia. At the site around her, three of her sons were jumping almost all the time, and in the breaks she was occupied exclusively by them. But it was worth it to sound the team "Motor!", As she immediately turned into a completely different person, from a familiar Kate, there was no trace. When Jean Duzarden came to the platform for the first time, he was also amazed. "I do not understand anything," he mumbled. "She is a 100% Frenchwoman." At the same time, Kate does not know a word in French. I say, she is just an incredible actress. "
About the weather:
"The weather was so bad that George had no strength to upset. He giggled and repeated: "Nature mocks us? How is it at all possible? How can a 60-centimeter layer of snow be on the ground? ". The fact is that we shot the scenes that the plot unfolded in Spring Paris. And since the picture is based on real events, we could not simply say: let's say that we have such a snowy spring. Therefore, it had to get out. Cinema has the so-called safety scene. That is, if the weather is bad, you suspend work on the street and you go to the room, and then come back in the chart. But we had to even give up some street scenes. For example, I had a wonderful scene with Kate in an open Parisian cafe. But George gathered to shoot her inside. I was against, said that so we would spoil everything, asked to do the safety scenes. But it turned out that we had no such thing left in stock. So insidious nature deprived of our film of some romantic fluchar. But I want hoping that in our film it is not the most important thing. "
About draws:
"George is famous for his draws over friends. And I did not exception. When I told him that I want to lose weight a little for a role, he secretly asked for a tailor every week to sew my pants in the waist on a half astimeter. I did not understand what was happening. It seems to sit on a diet, but I get it all thicker and thicker. And admit to George that I can not get into my pants, it was somehow awkward. And only at the end of the filming, he admitted that he had fun. "