The actor interviewed real life spies when researching his new role. He will play secretive government official Hector Meredith in the film, Damian said about his lunch with two spies:
“I went to Special Forces Club and had lunch with – for want of a better word – two spooks working for the British government, They were brilliant and discreet, while also being indiscreet – happy to share tidbits.”
Damian missed out on the role that Tom Hiddlestone played in The Night Manager: Damian had read the novel, he told Total Film magazine, “I’ve read the Night Manager, Larry Kasdan gave me a copy when we were making (2003 film) Dreamcatcher. He said ‘You must play this!’ I read it and stuck it on my shelf.” Never mind Damian, you still got to be in a le Carre story.
Our Kind of Traitor opens in the U.K. and U.S. in May (16).