

It was hot, but we all knew it was going to be hot. Can you have a laugh between takes in a desert at 120 degrees Fahrenheit?

I could have a normal life while filming this crazy film.Īnd when you weren’t in London you were filming in Morocco. It wasn’t as nerve-racking as I thought it would be. I’d worked with a lot of the crew on Bond, so I already had a relationship with a lot of them and it felt more familiar. All of a sudden you’re given a phone call and that’s it.Īlso, aside from all the location shoots, it was filmed in London. And it’s weird the connotations that has on your life and your career. Because I knew this was probably the part that was going to change things for me. And I phoned her back and she said, “Why didn’t you answer your phone? You’ve got Prince of Persia!” And I just sat on my bed. I was in my little room in Bath where we were filming Tess of The D’Ubervilles, and my agent had tried to call me all night. I had a really good meeting with Mike and he said to me later on that he knew then that he wanted me to do it, but it was just whether we can convince everybody that I’m the right girl for it. So, I sort of just went in there being myself, not too nervous, just being silly and funny. And I never really thought that I’d get it, to be honest with you, probably because I had seen that list. And then she said,”‘Mike the director really wants to meet you.” so I came in and I did a reading.
