CLAIRE FOY

The actor discusses the "inevitable" pull of her new film H Is for Hawk, based on Helen Macdonald's memoir, and the intensity of falconry

- BY H. ALAN SCOTT

What made you want to pursue H Is for Hawk? I felt like this film pursued me in a way.

It felt like this was inevitable. Basically, I'd worked with Dede Gardner, the producer, before on Women Talking, and she had mentioned to me when we were doing press for Women Talking that I should read the book [by Helen Macdonald] because she was thinking of making it. And on reading the book, I realized that it was a book that had meant a lot to a very, very close friend of mine. And so, the two of those things coming together was quite strange. Like [a] the-universe-telling-me-to-do-something-type moment.

What was the process of working with the birds?