Halle Berry really "appreciated" that Tom Hanks was "happy to see [her] every day" on the set of Cloud Atlas.

The actress and her co-stars - including Tom - play multiple roles in the film which explores how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future.

Cloud Atlas is directed by three filmmakers; Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, and Halle says everybody was supportive on set.

The star especially loved working so closely with Tom.

"And Tom, it was the same way. I felt the same comfort with him, safety. It was always joyful, he was happy to see me every day and I really appreciated that," she laughed to flicksandbits.com.

"It was a fun, fun, fun experience. And I think everybody on the film will say that from top to bottom, that while it was big and overwhelming and daunting even to Tom, Lana and Andy, they never let it trickle down to us."

Halle is proud that she took on the challenging role.

"And what I take away from this experience was that people have said to me, 'You were directed by three people! You have to be nuts, playing all of these characters,'" she smiled.