Comparing the two projects, Capaldi admitted that he was blown away by the sheer scale and money involved in Hollywood \u2013 but that he wouldn\u2019t change Doctor Who\u2019s homegrown charms for anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a completely different thing,\u201d Capaldi told RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cI would say that it\u2019s the money that they have. It allows them to execute their ideas with a level of craft that we can\u2019t \u2013 we just don\u2019t have the cash.<\/p>\n \u201cThat said, I would say that in my time in Doctor Who, which is all I can talk about, we had remarkable effects and things that were done there that were absolutely extraordinary, as well as some crummy ones.<\/p> \u201cAnd, you know, I love all of that. I love the combination of that. And it\u2019s what Doctor Who has always been, anyway, for me. It\u2019s a show that has great ideas, and great imagination, and sometimes \u2013 in fact, in most of its life \u2013 it\u2019s never really had the money to live up to its imagination.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think that\u2019s a pretty good way to be. Money isn\u2019t everything, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n Still, a large budget does make for quite a spectacle, as Capaldi discovered on the set of The Suicide Squad.<\/p>\n \u201cI love the spectacle of watching a big movie being made, and I love seeing the craft \u2013 the level of craft, the invention of engineering. It\u2019s so clever,\u201d he told us.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, they actually had an aquarium set on The Suicide Squad, and the water runs into the building below. And they built an office which was the floor below the aquarium, and they were able to flood that.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019Action,\u2019 they\u2019d say, and they\u2019d flood it with 400 gallons or whatever, and then they\u2019d pump it all away after \u2018cut\u2019. And then they\u2019d set it up again, and do it again, and again, and again. And in addition to that, that set was able to pivot, because the building leans over. So the set begins to lean as well, with the 400 or 4,000 gallons pouring through it.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought that\u2019s an amazing feat of engineering. So that\u2019s great to see. That reminded me of maybe what it might have been like to have been, you know, doing Ben-Hur or the huge silent movies.\u201d<\/p>\n Clearly, whether it\u2019s big or small, Peter Capaldi knows a good bit of filmmaking when he sees it. He does already have a directing Oscar, to be fair.<\/p>\n The Suicide Squad is released in UK cinemas on Friday 30th July. Want more? 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