Mark Kermode

He's done an exceptional job.

I think he elevates this film with his work.

You know, for a story like this and a film like this, I think...

His ability to really get inside Nicky's head, which when you experience in a cinema, it's incredibly immersive and really elevates the story.

So yeah, his work kind of created a new character in the film.

Brooklyn.

I've recently did a sort of Kansas accent and that was pretty difficult because it's not, it's not actually South

It's not really Southern American, even though you think it is.

Brits think it is, but apparently it's not.

I think there were little details that we incorporated into Brooklyn for Nicky, one of them being sort of Harry, instead of Harry.

Harry.

And I obviously have to say his name quite a lot.

Learning, I mean, the piano was the most difficult by far.

I would say German, learning German for Nuremberg was difficult.

I recently had to learn how to shuck oysters for a part and it was difficult at first, but one of those skills that you, you, you, you know, you can now carry into the rest of your life.

to get to that place.

And she put everything into it.

She really loved that character and wanted to do her justice.

And she put so much work into the piano side of it and everything else.

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