The first couple of moments of a good day inspire me. If it’s a good cup of coffee, if my son is in a good mood, if it’s a lovely morning – it doesn’t have to be sunny, it can be rainy, I’m not that dependent on weather. One moment it can be a disaster and chaos but then something happens and I get inspired. It’s life isn’t it? It just moves and if you keep your eyes open then it’s all there in front of you.

"I need to have an interesting arc to my character if it's going to be interesting for me to play her. I need those dynamic shifts because just like in real life, we're never just one person... It would be so boring playing someone who doesn't have the capacity to change."

From one Swedish icon to another. People have compared you to Ingrid Bergman, and certainly your new film deals with Casablanca-esque themes of love, loss and loyalty. 

Aren’t they the essential ingredients of most stories? It’s a beautiful compliment. The lighting of Despite the Falling Snow [pictured below] oozes some kind of Casablanca noir ambience. When we did Mission I looked at Ingrid Bergman, Katharine Hepburn, Greta Garbo. That’s what I wanted my character to be, and then for her to shake her hair and become a rough rogue agent as well. I’m trying to be versatile!