Gerwig: 'Acting with Brand like speed chess'

Greta Gerwig has compared working with Russell Brand on the Arthur remake to playing speed chess.

The Greenberg star, who takes on the role played by Liza Minnelli in the 1981 original, told DS that she found the experience of sharing the screen with Brand "tremendous".

"Acting with Russell is like playing speed chess, he's so quick and so verbose and so 'on' everything before you're there," she said. "It's everything you'd expect with him but he's so generous and lovely and easy."

Speaking about Brand's chemistry with Helen Mirren, who portrays the lead character's nanny, Gerwig added: "It's just a beautiful alchemy - him and Helen and how lovely they are together."

Arthur is due out in cinemas next year.

> Click here to read our full interview with Greta Gerwig