Director Steven Spielberg says he and his team intentionally made “Bridge of Spies” protagonist James Donovan “a little off-putting in the first scene.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Mark Rylance says his “Bridge of Spies” character, Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, “had a culture to him.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Tom Hanks cites “the clarity of the ideology” in James Donovan and the character’s “profound confidence in his own skill” as reasons why he wanted to play him in “Bridge of Spies.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
