Alexandra Roach has called Cedric Nicolas-Troyan a 'very visual' filmmaker and 'lovely' to work with.
Alexandra Roach
Roach returned to the big screen this week in The Huntsman: Winter's War. Not only was this the first time that she had tackled a big budget blockbuster, but it was also the first time that she had worked with the French director.
But the British actress reveals that the way he works really helped her to up her game as she took on the role of dwarf Doreena in the film.
Speaking exclusively to us here at FemaleFirst, the actress said: "He is a very visual, calm and freeing director. He is French. He just lives in the moment and if we were not feeling something... he was very approachable and lovely to work with.
"He was very visual and the first time that I went to the studio, he took me into his room, which was filled with pictures that he had imagined and drawn out. He had every detail in his mind. It really did up my game being directed by him. It was a huge learning curve."
The movie sees Roach work closely with Nick Frost, Sheridan Smith, and Rob Brydon and the actress reveals that the director was very open to them using improv during the shoot.
She continued: "He was really into that, which was great. You can't veer away from the main story too much. So we would shoot the first take as was written in the script and as we had learnt it, and then the second take would be more improvised and ad-lib.
"He would take some bits from that and some moments have made the final cut. He really did give us the freedom to do that in, which is great."
The Huntsman: Winter's War is the first time that we have seen Roach on the big screen since Testament of Youth back at the beginning of 2015. She is about to return to television as she starts filming on the second season of No Offence.
Read our full interview with Alexandra Roach here.
The Huntsman: Winter's War is out now.