You need to try to find a way to humanize your villains. Genuine villains, in real life, still have mothers and daughters and sisters, and they fall in love. They don't walk around with a big sign saying, "Bad guy," on their head. They think they're good guys. If you can play that, I think it makes it more interesting.
Mark StrongIn the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.
Mark Strong[Before I Go To Sleep] script was a great journey with all the twists and turns that were kind of unexpected. I had to finish the script, and I thought if we can emulate this in the film, it's going to be a really good film.
Mark StrongAll these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they'd have had to sit down to have a cup of tea.
Mark StrongWhen you're making a psychological thriller, what you need to do is have an audience on shifting sand so they're never quite sure where they are.
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