The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated "Eastern Promises" as best drama, which even caught David Cronenberg, the film's director, off guard. The GoldDigger asked him where he was when he heard he was nominated. "Sound asleep," he says. "I tend to stay up late and wake up late. You know, I thought Viggo had a real shot at it. But I also knew it was an incredibly crowded year. There are a lot of strong, strong movies out there, so I really wasn't expecting a best picture nomination. So it's very exciting. It's two movies in a row of mine that have been nominated."

What's Cronenberg doing next? "I'm actually writing a novel for the first time," he says. About what? "I can't tell you, it's going to be a couple years before it comes out." But the director has been getting a lot of advice from his writer friends. "I'm taking everyone's advice and going by word count," Cronenberg says. "Don't get up until you've written a number of words. And don't write more than that. It's an interesting mentality. You try to make it everyday business, like digging ditches."