What convinced you to get on board a Bond film?

I thin🔥k it’s always about the material in the script. When I read it, I felt ‘Wow, this is po൩werful!’

Of course, you have everything that you can expect in James Bond movies, but it has more than that. It’s very accompli𒅌shed and𒐪 powerful.

And then I talked to Sam🧔 and he gave me his ideas. I thought they were very good – bra꧒ve, in some way.

A𝄹nd then there was Ralph Fiennes, Judi Dench and Daniel, and then it’s like, ‘What the hell am I doing? Of course!’

Come on then, tell us a little bit about your character Silva. What’s his beef with Bond?

Jesus. So hard! It’s very difficult to talk about a movie that yo🔥u cannot talk about, and also talk about a movie that you are doing!

Is he more of a cool, ruthless bastard or a screaming maniac?

Screaming maniac? What about a bit of everything?

Listen, many Bon꧅d villains have been beautifully made, and I’m the one to dis🧸cover the fire.

Now i🍸t’s about pointing at that from different perspectives, bringing a different idea of that.

What kind of physical training did you have to do to prepare?

Very easy. White meat and fish🧸 on the grill. Vegetables. And gym. And sweat.

You’ve got blond hair in the film – how much input did you have into how Silva looked?

I cannot tell you what that blond hair is. Because... [shrugs m💖ysteriously] Yes, I have some input in the way he looks and the way he talks. But it waꦜs Sam’s ideas that I wanted to follow and go with.

Is it difficult to balance more artistic and commercial work?

Really commercial work – I’ve only done two movies, Eat Pray Love and this one. I’m kind of new i𒉰n this territory.

But I don&r🌱squo;t see the difference, as long as you m🌌ore or less carefully choose.

And you may be wrong. I’ve been wrong many times. I’ve done very bad movies. But the good news is that I choose them for th๊e right reasons and I felt good doing it, I was proud doing it, and then the movie was a disaster or my performance was a disaster. But I believed in it.