This Friday sees Jean-Marc Vallée’s Demolition enter UK cinemas following a surge of positive reviews on its debut at Toronto.

Micah Phillips took time with the cast and crew and we’ll be running the interviews all this week. We’ve spoken to screenwriter Bryan Sipe, newcomer Judah Lewis right here, and today we present our interview with Chris Cooper.

Cooper has a vital role in Vallée’s film, as the father-in-law to Jake Gyllenhaal’s character whose recovery from a tragic car crash gives the film a powerful propulsion.  You can read our review of the film from Toronto here.

Here’s the interview,