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INTERVIEWER: Hello, hi, I’m [?], nice to meet you! Congratulations on the film, it’s absolutely fantastic. How did you become part of this film?
COLIN: Again, like anything, you read the script, you get a instinct on the character, you go and meet James Kent the director, and Rosie Alison the producer, and we did some scenes! And that’s very much what it is. You just get an instinct on it, you get a feeling for the character, and then come in and do chemistry with Alicia, and that was great, because sparks can happen sometimes in a room instinctively, and you can’t put your finger on it sometimes, and that’s what happened with this.
INTERVIEWER: And how much fun did you have filming this story? ‘Cuz obviously it is so sad, not giving anything away. How much fun did you have on set? How easy was it to switch off after an emotional scene?
COLIN: It is, you know, it’s heavy material, because it was heavy times, but these were youth in those times. They were still holding on to that, there’s that spirit inside them. However, that youth was challenged in a very different way, they were fuelled in a very different way, particularly the boys from a young age in the prep schools, in terms of their attitude towards fighting and war and it being an honourable way to go. I mean, to be found dead on the battlefield, that was a dream to some of them. Obviously, when they were on their feet, it’s a different tory. It’s heavy when you think about it now, but I don’t think they thought about it like that. It was an honour, it was a duty, it was a dream to do that. And particularly for my character, that was frustrating because he physically couldn’t because of his eyesight. He wasn’t allowed to join up. And the shame of that, the being ashamed for not being a part of it all, that was a tough thing for the guys at home to go through as well. But this is very much told from Vera’s point of view, from a female point of view, and I think that’s what’s unique about this film, it’s that you see it from that perspective as well.
INTERVIEWER: Do you think you would have done anything differently, had you been there in that time?
COLIN: As an actor, you’re always putting yourself in their shoes, asking yourself these questions. I like to think I would be as brave as they were. I don’t know if I would’ve been. I think we’re sort of desensitised now to a lot of things, and where we’re presented by the opportunities to…or the duty to fight now…I don’t know, I don’t know how people would react. We’re so used to gazing at our phones and looking at screens, that we’re not really looking up and looking around us. And it seems like a shame, it seems like an old person’s thing to say, but I think it’s true.
INTERVIEWER: Have you got any projects coming up that you can tell us about?
COLIN: Yeah, I’m currently filming a series called Humans for AMC and Channel 4, which will be out later in the year. And I wrapped on a film called Legend, which is about the Krays in the 1960s with Tom Hardy, which is coming out, I think, later in the year as well. So, some good stuff coming up.
INTERVIEWER: Well there was a lot of excitement on Twitter when they knew you were going to be here tonight. It literally broke out, Twitter. Everyone was so excited to have you here -
COLIN: Oh, good. Oh, well, I’m excited to be here. I mean, I’m proud to be part of this film, and to be here, and to represent it, standing here right now, it’s a true privilege.
INTERVIEWER: Lovely to meet you. Thank you very much, have a good time.
COLIN: Thanks, cheers.
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