You step forward and make it real for a start. You choose a sensible moment in history. Funnily enough, England was bankrupt and the moment is the death of Richard The Lionheart... Richard takes an arrow in the neck collecting a small debt from a small castle on his way home from the Crusades because he's penniless.
Ridley ScottSome actors - you work with them once and don't even think about working with them again.
Ridley ScottSame thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything.
Ridley ScottI watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie.
Ridley Scott