Lunch or dinner - where would you go? There is a bar called the Face Bar in the French Concession. It's in an old colonial-era diplomatic house, and there's a terrific Thai restaurant called Lan Na Thai upstairs and a terrific Indian restaurant called Hazara downstairs. It is a charming place to sit. There was a little restaurant we loved called Café Azul. Naomi and some friends and I ate there almost every free morning we had. It's just a little café. It has some little tables you can sit around, with pillows, and just a fantastic sort of Mediterranean-inflected brunch, which is not what you would expect in Shanghai, but it was really good.

How about something more typically Chinese? There is an ethnic minority from the far western part of China called the Uighur. You can find little Uighur restaurants, and they make terrific noodles, especially, but also good little stews and things like that. I think you could also go for a drink at the top of the Jin Mao Tower, which is just an enormous modern skyscraper. I think it is the highest observation deck in China. There is a bar/restaurant on about the 90th floor. If you have a clear day in the late afternoon, it is a great spot to go up to and have tea or a drink and be able to really walk around and grasp the magnitude of the city. I would say - I'm just thinking ad hoc here - always carry a book in your bag in Shanghai, because the likelihood of sitting in traffic is substantial. It can be bad. It's fascinating.

Where did you stay when you were there? I stayed at the Four Seasons, and it was nice. At the top of the Jin Mao Tower is the new Grand Hyatt Shanghai, and that, I have heard, is nice as well. It must have incredible views. We filmed some of the colonial clubs of Shanghai in an old hotel, the Heng Shan Moller Villa Hotel. It's the only hotel that has an old, colonial feel to it. It's not far from the People's Park or the French Concession. It's where Kitty goes to see Charlie [Townsend, played by Liev Schreiber] with all the people in the club. It's fun to film in something that feels like the real thing.