Gavin Hood’s thriller Eye in the Sky has its UK release this Friday, two weeks following its debut in the States.

It’s a timely cinematic take on the moral and legal complications of drone warfare and  Hood’s film benefits from a great cast lead by Helen Mirren and the late Alan Rickman.

Joel Jagger sat down with Dame Helen Mirren to discuss the film, and inevitably the sad loss of her co-star Alan Rickman came up. She believes this is a film Rickman would have been proud of. Here’s that moment.

Here’s the full interview, which includes Helen Mirren talking about her character.

Eye in the Sky is out on the 15th of April.