Was it an interesting contrast working on Harsh Times after filming such a big movie?
CB: We filmed Batman Begins for seven months and I was there for ten in total. In a way, it was the same as a pregnancy for a woman. You forget about the life you have outside of it. Whereas with Harsh Times, we filmed in twenty four days! When you’re working that fast it’s very intense at the same time, but I like that momentum very much. And obviously you can’t do a film like Batman Begins in 24 days or it would be a bit of a shambles. It’s nice to mix up the movie making experience. We’ll be jumping in next year again giving birth to Batman Begins number two. How did you lock into your character Jim’s anger and psychosis? CB: I said it straight away when I read the script and at that five hour meeting with Dave. Jim is a guy who is valued for one thing, and that is for violence, for being the guy who goes that much further than anybody else. Everybody wants to be good at something and you want to cling on to that. Violence is his meal ticket. He’s gone from being a street punk who i
