India, March 23 -- Is it true that you didn't have much contact with Daniel Day-Lewis before filming Phantom Thread?

We met for the first time in London at the Covent Garden Hotel when we read the script. Post that, I never met him. I was told that he preferred not to rehearse. Then I met him on the set.

He famously prepares for a role for a long time before the filming starts. Was it intimidating when you met him almost for the first time when you were on set?

It was intimidating for me. But I knew I had no alternative. Someone proposes a job offer and you say 'OK, how can I work with this?' So I just accepted it. Also when we met in London, reading of the script was so obvious. It felt so natural and in a way, as if this story had to...