Eames

julesb666 Tom Hardy:" I came aboard last June. I was in pre-prep for Warrior. I was asked...Chris Nolan said he wanted to speak to me and would I fly out to meet him. We had a chat, an hour-long informal chat by the seaside. It was very nice. Matt Patches: Sounds perfect, very dreamlike. Tom Hardy: [laughs] Yes, on the beach. He couldn't talk too much about it. Can I read the script and he said," No, I can't give you a script." Matt Patches: How did he describe the movie without giving anything away and still interest you? Or did he just say, "Hey, I made The Dark Knight - get in my movie"? Tom Hardy: Well, he told me it's kind of a heist movie with a twist...its quite different and...something you'll need to read. It was vague, he wasn't giving too much information. It wasn't until I received the script I realized to the depths of which where he wanted to go with his concept. It was quite out of left field...something I hadn't expected in any way, shape or form. Brilliant. Chris had masterminded the entire operation. When reading Inception and getting to the end of it, and feeling like I understood, but realizing at the same time it doesn't matter how much I understand. The only way I'm going to understand this is talking to Chris Nolan and devote everything toward whatever he wanted me to do. We had a discussion about feedback, what sort of person he wanted my character to be. I felt that he was along the lines of an old, Graham Greene-type diplomat. Sort of faded, shabby, grandeur the old Shakespeare lovey mixed with somebody from her Majesties' Special Forces. Then the Forger, which is very important, is someone who creates...in the same way people create and forge documents and passports to oil paintings. I just had to look into that. He agreed with me, also having some James Bond in there too. And as soon as he gave me that I said, "brilliant!" And then the costumes were like a peacock...campy, old money. Like a traveler, very savvy person.