There's one two-minute scene that I took out because I felt in the end Capone was a more sinister and frightening presence in the film if he never appeared.

It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day.

It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry to get out of the trailer every day and hungry to test himself.

The program was in disarray when I took over. That?s the one thing I?m most proud of; I feel like I put a positive stamp on this program. I?m not turning it over to someone else in disarray. It is in very good shape, and it?s only going to get better.

Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv.