![]() “Those dilemmas constantly arise in the modern world. Now we’re in a sort of alliance with him against so-called Isis. For instance, at the moment in the Middle East, how much do you side with unsavoury people? Two years ago we were about to bomb President Assad in Syria. Poliakoff muses that “we’re always faced with these questions. The moral dichotomy at the heart of Close to the Enemy – should we hold our noses and ally ourselves with people who until recently were our foes, in order to combat a greater evil? – continues to have relevance today. He is well aware of the huge missed opportunities which ended in devastated cities. Callum says we must never be caught out again like we were in the war. There was also a general sense of fury about being so unprepared for the war, so that Dunkirk and other disasters took place. So many people had seen things they never thought they would see. ![]() We see him having nightmares from his time fighting in Normandy. I wanted to show someone who is very bright and yet full of fragility. The Bafta and Emmy Award-winning writer-director goes on to underscore the significance of the character of Callum in Close to the Enemy, which also stars Freddie Highmore ( Bates Motel), Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders), Alfie Allen ( Game Of Thrones), Angela Bassett ( American Horror Story) and Lindsay Duncan ( Birdman). I thought that dramatically that was a very interesting equation.” I had an idea of balancing that against someone on the other side of that dramatic equation who wanted to pursue those guilty of war crimes and made to feel low priority, but still persisting with the quest. “The germ of it came when I was finding out about all these Nazis being grabbed literally off the street on an industrial scale by the Allies at the end of the war. Poliakoff explains where the premise for Close to the Enemy originated.
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