I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.

The great thing about space films generally, with the exception of Apollo 13, is that big stars tend not to work in space and I think that's because space is an equaliser. It makes everyone the same really and suits an ensemble cast and actors who are prepared to work with each other.

If you approach India in the right way, you have so much to learn there about people, and there's so many people. It's such an extraordinary setup, and it's so bewildering how it manages to get through somehow, you can only wonder at it.

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

My dad was a labourer and my mum had exactly the same job as Noel Gallagher's mum - she was a dinner lady at our local school. Everyone comes over from Ireland and they get the same jobs.

One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.

I dont see much difference between it and the other films though I can see on a rational and intelligent level there is a big difference.