With 'The Invasion' currently in cinemas, Daniel Craig talks about the film, politics and working with Nicole Kidman.

When you first met 'The Invasion's director, Oliver Hirschbiegel, what was it about him and the project itself that made you want to be in this film?
DANIEL CRAIG: Well, I'd seen 'Downfall,' and I'd heard he was doing it, and I made inquiries about it. And then it came back that, yes, they were going to be interested in seeing me. I was filming in Hungary, and he flew in because he went to see his family in Vienna, and we just sat and talked for an hour or two.

We came out of it just saying, 'Okay, well, if we do it, we're just going to have some fun doing it.' We talked about the politics, and we talked about the ins and outs, but basically, we wanted to make it as fun an experience as possible and try and make the best movie you can.

Why do you think a story like this is so relevant today?
DC: It's interesting because it's a completely sort of political reflection of our present state. We're living in quite an exciting political time, because I think people are now sitting up and realising that the vote matters. But we don't always know the truth, and the truth of how we're led, how we're governed, or whatever.

It's exciting. I find that we're actually going through a time where suddenly political cinema is entertaining. I mean, that's the key word. You can make political cinema 'till the cows come home, but if nobody goes to see it, then it's kind of wasted, really. You can entertain people, and make them think, and it really sort of boils down to that.
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Do you have a favourite sequence in the movie?
DC: I think driving down Pennsylvania Avenue, followed by five cop cars with my lights going, and with the Capitol in the foreground - we closed it off - that was quite exciting. I enjoyed the feeling of, 'Oh, my God, we're in a movie!'

Can you tell us about your character, Ben?
DC: Well, he's a doctor. He's English. We figured he's probably a naturalised American. He's been over here for a long time. He works in intensive care in a hospital, and he's kind of politically active. He's tries to get Carol [Nicole Kidman's character] interested in what's going on. She's seeing things with her patients and she's not sure what's going on. And he thinks something's being hidden. And, of course, he's right.

And he's madly in love with her. I mean, he has been madly in love with her for a long time. It's a platonic relationship, but he wants to take care of her. She's going through a messy situation with her ex-husband, and their son. He's not pushing it. But, of course, his dream would be to be with her.

How was it working with Nicole Kidman?
DC: It's been fantastic. She makes me laugh, and hopefully I make her laugh occasionally. She's incredibly down-to-earth, which sounds surprising, but I think when you have such a sort of big movie star as Nicole, you expect certain things, but she's incredibly professional, and makes my life really easy.

Is this story told through your two characters' eyes?
DC: I don't know. Maybe, from the way Oliver shot it. I think that in a story like this, it's important because it is science fiction, and you are asking an audience to suspend disbelief, but I think the more you get into the characters' heads, hopefully, the more you get an audience to empathise with them, when it all hits the fan. They're with you, and they're rooting for you. Even if the situation's incredible, they're prepared to go along with it, because they're believing in the characters' distress. It sounds simple, but it's not that simple, really. You've got to work hard at that.

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