Interstellar science 'deliberately speculative' says Christopher Nolan Christopher Nolan has defended the science behind his blockbuster space drama, Interstellar, while admitting that many of the phenomena in the movie are deliberately speculative. In an interview with the Daily Beast, Nolan was asked to comment on criticism of his film's depiction of interplanetary space travel. Both professional and amateur critics, including astrophysics professor Dr Roberto Trotta, of Imperial College London, have hinted that the film has as many plot holes as wormholes, but Nolan said he was comfortable with Interstellar's scientific credibility. "My films are always held to a weirdly high standard ... [that] isn't applied to everybody else's films, which I'm fine with," said Nolan. People are always accusing my films of having plot holes. And I'm very aware of the plot holes in my films and very aware of when people spot them - but they generally don't. The cast of Interstellar talk to Catherine Shoard The film-maker worked closely with theoretical physicist Dr Kip Thorne when developing Interstellar. Nolan admitted "cheating" on the science for the sake of the audience's enjoyment on occasion, but said critics should read Thorne's book The Science of Interstellar. One criticism from multiple quarters has been the film's suggestion that during one hour that Nolan's astronaut visits the exoplanets seven hours would pass on Earth. "That's completely accurate," the British director said. "Those issues are all buttoned-up," he added, saying that Thorne's book about the film distinguishes between the accurate science and the speculation. Nolan added: "There have been a bunch of knee-jerk tweets by people who've only seen the film once, but to really take on the science of the film, you're going to need to sit down with the film for a bit and probably also read Kip's book." Meanwhile, in a boost to his scientific credibility, the tech magazine Wired announced that Nolan will guest-edit its December issue, following in the footsteps of film-makers such as James Cameron and JJ Abrams.