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M. October 02, 2010
The seven-week shoot took place in the most beautiful part of Dorset, which is the most beautiful part of England, “and the weather decided to be good.” He’d been able to cast Gemma Arterton as his title character before she’d become famous in the United States, and “she’s got a very nice character. I wish she was my daughter.” He was especially drawn to the sub-plot of the film, a writers’ retreat peopled with eccentrics, because “I’ve spent a lot of my life with writers, so it’s effortless to make fun of them. I don’t think filmmakers are any better. We’re ridiculous people. If I’m making a film, I drive my wife mad. If I’m not, it’s even worse.”