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Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2015 | Ralph
The meaning and relevance of this film's 'Salting the Battlefield' title is that it is a reference to the malicious treatment of the ancient city of Carthage by the ancient Romans. Writer David Hare has said: ''After the Romans came and wiped you out and destroyed you and killed all your young men, they then threw salt on the battlefield so that your crops would never grow. So salting the battlefield means destroying utterly.
Of the shoot in Germany for this tele-movie, writer-director David Hare said: ''Germany was a very tough shoot because we were simply skipping from town to town and the story is of two people on the run so we basically shot it on the run. We were always working on German trains, and contrary to the myth, the German train system is not the most efficient in the world. We would get on a train that was meant to be going to Cologne and it would turn out to be going to Brussels or vice versa. I think it would be true to say that the crew was stretched to the limit.''
In an interview, of the ubiquitous video surveillance in Britain not being the case in Germany, writer-director David Hare said: ''It's absolutely true. The people in Germany lived first of all through the Nazis and secondly through the Stasi - the East German secret service. So at this point in German history, they have rather strong views about individual rights, which would be wonderful if we had in England, but we don't.''
Bill Nighy once said of playing his MI5 spy character, "I'd play Johnny Worricker for the rest of my life! I'd be perfectly happy as long as they keep me in a good suit."
David Hare originally wrote the character of Johnny Worricker for Page Eight (2011) with Bill Nighy in mind.
"Jill Tankard: It's one thing to go around saying what you want. The test comes when you are actually given the chance to get it. When they wanted to get rid of Margaret Thatcher, John Major got toothache so he didn't have to answer his phone. A week later he was prime minister. How are your teeth? Anthea Catcheside: Just beginning to ache. Jill Tankard: Good, I'm glad to hear it."
"Margot Tyrrell: You know him well? Reverend Bernard Towers: I helped him through some difficult days. When he was a student, he loved the idea of faith, the life of the church. So, someone had to point out that he didn't actually believe. Margot Tyrrell: And that was you. And he didn't. Reverend Bernard Towers: No. He wanted to, more than anything, but sadly that's not the same thing."
