WORLD:
With “Systemsprenger” you were suddenly on the scene, with a loud bang.
What happened after that?
Zengel:
The entire week of the Berlinale was totally wild and crazy, and in the end we won some prizes.
After that there was only a while to rest and concentrate on school.
Then I got a request from the director Paul Greengrass through my agency that he would like to meet me for a film with Tom Hanks.
Wow!
OK!
We were really flabbergasted.
We first had a casting in Berlin and then one in London, where we also met.
And then I had the role.
WORLD:
I heard Greengrass asked at the casting that you bite your mother's hand.