Steve McQueen says Saoirse Ronan 'can sing like a bird'

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00:00How are you?

00:01Lovely to meet you. I'm Jodie. I love your glasses, by the way.

00:03Oh, thank you.

00:04Everyone's got really cool glasses tonight, just as a side note.

00:06Yeah.

00:07Listen, congratulations. We're here, opening night.

00:10This is the third time you've opened London Film Fest.

00:12Yes.

00:13Why are you so good at making movies, Steve? What's the secret?

00:16I don't know if there's a secret. I just feel that, listen, I get the opportunity to do

00:21something which I love and I try to do the best I can because I know that I'm very fortunate.

00:26Again, I don't want to waste any time on it. I just want to do the best I can.

00:30And listen, Elliot, what was it like having Anthony in the movie?

00:33Oh, wow. It was amazing. I mean, look, for a person who's never acted before, a nine-year-old

00:39boy, I mean, there was a lot of weight on his shoulders, but, you know, he took it on.

00:43I mean, you know, we protected him, we encouraged him, and he delivered because he has an inane

00:49quality of, obviously, just telling the truth, and from that, people react to it.

00:53And also having Saoirse in the film. I absolutely adore Saoirse. I always have, but she gets

00:58to sing as well in this.

01:00You know, that's why you're one of the best actresses, actors in the world. She could

01:04do everything. I mean, she sings like a bird, and the deep emotion she has for this character

01:10is pretty, you know, it's pretty amazing.

01:13And I know the song that she sings, Wintercoat, I mean, you're wearing a gorgeous wintercoat,

01:17right? But I know that song was special to you as well, right?

01:19Yeah, it was special. It was about, you know, again, the idea came from myself about my

01:23father's coat, because he left me when he died, and the whole idea of sort of putting

01:28that coat on as a hug, as an embrace, was very much about how one could echo emotion

01:35in the film.

01:36I love that so much. Listen, I'll let you get on, but congratulations.

01:39You're very kind.

01:40Thank you so much.

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