The British cop drama Line of Duty, which was BBC2′s most popular drama in eight years, shows what happens when the city’s top detective, DCI Tony Gates (Lennie James), is scrutinized under investigation for being too “successful.”  Soon, his career and his life, along with the lives of those he loves, are put at risk, and he’s left wondering who he can trust and how he will survive.  The show also stars Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Neil Morrissey and Gina McKee.

During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actor Lennie James, who always turns in memorable, intriguing and unexpected performances, talked about what attracted him to Line of Duty and his sometimes questionable character, why he’s drawn to characters that live in the grey area, how he tries not to have an external eye on the roles that he plays, and the advantages of running the series’ five episodes, uncut and unedited, on Hulu.  He also talked about the appeal of his role in the upcoming AMC drama series Low Winter Sun, based on a 2006 British mini-series of the same name, the possibility that he could still return to The Walking Dead, but that he has no real sense of if or when that might happen, the special place that Jericho still holds in his heart, and how he’d love to do some more comedy.  Check out what he had to say after the jump.

A movie I really enjoyed at this year’s Toronto Film Festival was “The Disappearance of Alice Creed”. The film was written and directed by J Blakeson and it’s his first time behind the camera. Since a lot of this film rides on you not knowing too much about it, all I’m going to tell you is…it’s about two people kidnapping a third person and what happens before, during, and after the event. The movie stars Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan as the kidnapers, and Gemma Arterton plays the victim. Anyway, while at this year’s Festival, I was able to interview J Blakeson and it’s a great conversation. He talks about how he came up with the idea, the behind the scenes of how he made the movie, why he shot it digitally, and so much more. And if you’re nervous about learning too much about his film before seeing it…don’t worry, our conversation is spoiler free. Take a look:

A movie I really enjoyed at this year’s Toronto Film Festival was “The Disappearance of Alice Creed”. The film was written and directed by J Blakeson and it’s his first time behind the camera. Since a lot of this film rides on you not knowing too much about it, all I’m going to tell you is…it’s about two people kidnapping a third person and what happens before, during, and after the event. The movie stars Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan as the kidnapers and Gemma Arterton plays the victim.

Anyway, while at this year’s Festival, I was able to interview the two stars – Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan. So after the jump you can see them talk about making the movie, explain how difficult it is to talk about the film without giving things away, they both talk about what they have coming up, and a lot more. It’s a great interview so take a look:

A movie I really enjoyed at this year’s Toronto Film Festival was “The Disappearance of Alice Creed”. The film was written and directed by J Blakeson and it’s his first time behind the camera. Since a lot of this film rides on you not knowing too much about it, all I’m going to tell you is that it’s about two people kidnapping a third person and what happens before, during, and after the event. The movie stars Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan as the kidnapers, and Gemma Arterton plays the victim.

Anyway, while at this year’s Festival, I was able to interview writer-director J Blakeson and Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan. In the next day or two I’ll have those interviews online, but until then, check out 3 clips from the movie after the jump. Again, I definitely recommend this film, I just don’t know when it’s going to come out.