Mark Rylance Talks Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk

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This week sees Mark Rylance catching dreams as the Big Friendly Giant in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG. Since starring in Bridge Of Spies (opposite Tom Hanks, another Spielberg favourite), Rylance has become something of a Spielberg muse, signing up for projects like The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara and Ready Player One.

But Spielberg isn’t the only directing heavyweight to recognise Rylance’s talent, with Christopher Nolan adding him to World War II drama Dunkirk, seeing him join the already stellar cast of Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh and James D’Arcy.