In this week's podcast, Jason Solomons talks to actor Tom Hardy about delving deep into the mind of the criminally insane to play Bronson, Britain's most notorious lifer. It's all about the attitude, the size (Hardy put on two-and-a-half stone for the role) and the moustache, apparently.
Plus, the Mexican screenwriter of Amores Perros and Babel, and master of the fractured narrative, Guillermo Arriaga, tells Jason about his directorial debut, The Burning Plain, starring Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. He reveals the secret of his art: attention deficit disorder.
Xan Brooks joins Jason in the studio to review this week's releases, including Bronson (gritty, grotty and really quite superb), Alone (a Richard Curtis-like Turkish film), In the City of Sylvia (not amour, just fou) and Not Quite Hollywood, a rollicking documentary celebrating the Australian B-movie. The documentary kicks off the Australian Film festival at the Barbican next week.
