guyritchie movies interviews Virgin Media

Guy Ritchie: It was a culmination of concepts really, but a germ got stuck in my mind about one particular concept: the con of all cons. I'm fascinated by how you can trick the mind and the individual, and this concept was so audacious, so radical, that I was attracted to say the least. The formula of the con is quite simple - you seduce people by their own greed. We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?

Guy Ritchie: I've always been surprised that no other movie has ever been called Revolver because it just sounds cool. So I like the name but I also like the concept that, if you're in a game, it keeps revolving until you realize that you are in a game and then maybe you can start evolving. The film is based on the formula of a game: where does the game start, where does it stop and who's conning who?

Guy Ritchie: I don't think there is a message in the movie. The idea is that that there is no such thing as an external enemy. Jake Green is playing against Jake Green. That's quite a hard concept to get your head around initially - of course, if there is only an internal enemy, he wouldn't want you to get your head around it. So it's based on the formula that you can only get smarter by playing a smarter opponent. Who is the ultimate opponent? Yourself. Then comes the principle that your enemy will always hide in the last place that you would ever look. The last place you would look is inside your head and the last place you would look inside your head is behind fear. In this particular instance, the only opponent Jake Green has to challenge is himself by doing exactly what he doesn't want to do.