Screen Shot 2014-04-17 at 10.59.58While only making a small handful of films across his career, Joel Hopkins has never had any trouble drawing in the stars, as having worked alongside Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thomspon in his preceding endeavour Last Chance Harvey, he now reunites with the latter once more in The Love Punch, also throwing Pierce Brosnan into the mix for good measure.

Ahead of the film’s April 18 release, we sat down with the director himself, to discuss working with such talented performers, why there does tend to be a rather substantial break between his projects, and how the idea for The Love Punch came about during a spot of tea with Emma Thompson…

The Love Punch is released on April 18.