The Russian famous actors involved [into The Darkest Hour], they are very creative and they will create sympathetic characters.

If you know exactly what your character knows, its a drama.

Every commercial covers different ground, different ideas, and it's my profession to direct and to tell stories - for me, it's very organic.

Its a big problem for American movies that all their movies are produced to be global.

From the beginning [of the film The Darkest Hour], [aliens] it's a metaphor for the foreigners and from the beginning of the movie, American boys feel themselves like aliens here or they feel like Russians are aliens. There's misunderstanding or miscommunication. Then when the real aliens appear, together they have to fight to survive.

The Russian famous actors involved [into The Darkest Hour], they are very creative and they will create sympathetic characters.

I also have experience working with American producer Roger Corman who knows a lot of secrets in making movies look bigger than their budget.