I absolutely loved the film. -Oh good. -And
it's the sixth time you've worked with Christopher
Nolan now, what do you love so much about
his work?
Well, I think he's a genius. He made
six hit movies in a row of all different subjects.
He not only directs them, he writes them.
Usually a great director gets a great writer.
I mean David Lean - he made great movies but
they were written by Robert Bolt, who was
a great genius writer. This guy is his own
Robert Bolt.
And it seems like he's got you on speed dial?
Oh yeah. He just gives me a ring and says
I'm doing a movie - I say alright I'll be over.
And Michael is you had the opportunity would
you go to space?
No, no, no, no. Not me. I'm happy down here
where I am. I'm a gardener and there's not
trees up there.
But if you were to go to space, what would
be your luxury item? And who would you take
with you?
I would take my wife and my iPad.
Oh, good choice, good choice.
Now some parts of the film is a bit of physics
lesson. What were you like at science in school?
Oh, I was rubbish. I was rubbish but I was
very fortunate because I was actually playing
Kip Thorne the scientist and then he was the
adviser on the picture and he became my friend
and he explained all my astrophysics that
I was talking about but he couldn't explain
it all.
And what's your most vivid memory from your
science lessons? Mine was using all the Bunsen
burners what was yours?
Yeah, I did that. The Bunsen burner blew up.
I thought that was fantastic.
And finally, now this film is top secret but how
good are you at keeping secrets?
I'm very good. You have to be with Chris.
He's the most secretive director. If I'd of
talked like this about the picture I'd be
shot - before it came out.
You'd be punished then if you said anything?
Oh, yeah! You can't say anything. When he came to me
to read the script, he gave it to me, had
a cup of tea with my wife and then took it back.
He didn't even want me to keep it and I'd
said I'd do the movie. I thought I was going
to keep the script and learn my line - he
said no I'm not giving it to you.
You're very trustworthy then, Michael. -Yeah, yeah. -Thank you very much. Thank you. -You're welcome.
