And I also just loved the fact that it had a female protagonist at the heart of it."

“That’s something that we’ve seen very rarely in that genre,” he adds.

It’s a team effort, and that struck a chord in me."

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Gal Gadot in ‘Heart of Stone’.Robert Viglasky/Netflix

That’s why he hopes to seeHeart of Stonecontinue into future films.

“There’s plenty that I’d like to explore more with Rachel in that regard.

There’s plenty of rich territory with Rachel, with the Heart, with the Charter.

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Jing Lusi, Paul Ready, Jamie Dornan, and Gal Gadot in ‘Heart of Stone’.Robert Viglasky/Netflix

She has emotions, she finds things difficult.

It’s not straightforward.

The relationships were real and there was always a sort of emotional reality all the way through.”

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Director Tom Harper, and stars Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan on the set of ‘Heart of Stone’.

That’s something that works here you see that from Gal, and she does that really beautifully."

The film debuts Aug. 11 on Netflix.

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Director Tom Harper and Alia Bhatt on the set of ‘Heart of Stone’.

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Director Tom Harper on the set of ‘Heart of Stone’.