This week Jason Solomons meets actor Paul Bettany who, after starring in blockbusters like Priest and Legion, announces that he has had enough of Hollywood.
Paul is returning to his British indie roots with a role as a physically handicapped boxer in Sallie Aprahamian's Broken Lines. He says that the role helped him realise that his patience with 'movies for 14-year-olds' had worn out.
In this extended interview, Paul discusses his career to date in the mainstream (Ron Howard's The Da Vinci Code) and with indie directors, like Lars von Trier (Dogville), and explains why we're likely to see him taking less money for more interesting roles in future.
Jason is also joined by Guardian film critic Xan Brooks to review Lars von Trier's Melancholia (which features a Cannes award-winning performance from Kirsten Dunst) Kevin Smith's bible belt thriller Red State and Helen Mirren in Mossad spy thriller The Debt.
We also announce the winner of last week's Drive competition.
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