IS TOM HIDDLESTON SINGLE & ARE YOU TOO SCARED TO KNOW THE ANSWER?

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There’s something that’s been leaving so many of us scratching our heads for the past year or so. Something we’ve all wondered but were too afraid to ask in case our worst fears were confirmed. For one, it deals with the delicate nature of the heart. For another, it deals with the man we’ve all been fantasizing about. That’s right, I’m wondering if Tom Hiddleston’s single, and you should go ahead and admit that you are too. It’s actually a matter of international security, considering he’s from London. And it’s an intergalactic matter, too, seeing as his most famous character, Loki, lived in Asgard. So I’m really doing a service to the entire universe by investigating this.

Let’s start off with what we know. Hiddleston, like many celebrities, has been tight lipped about his dating history, though there were a few recent rumors involving actresses Jessica Chastain and Lara Pulver. Both ladies made light of the reports, and there hasn’t been any reason to believe any secret relationships are brewing.

So what about now? Is Hiddleston single? Here are some reasons why he’s probably not dating anyone.

HE WOULD TELL US

Despite last summer’s relationship with record producer Jane Arthy — everyone nearly fainted when the Elle UK editor-in-chief tweeted that she sat next to Tom Hiddleston and his girlfriend Jane at Wimbledon — by fall Hiddleston was saying he was single. In an interview with British GQ he said,

I understand the curiosity. I hope when there’s really something to write about, then I’ll be able to talk.

See? When it’s serious, Hiddleston won’t be able to contain himself and all his feels and would want the whole world to know.



WE HAVEN’T SEEN HIM HAND-IN-HAND WITH ANYONE

In 2010, Hiddleston was rumored to be dating Thor costar Kat Dennings and her hilarious self. Seriously, this was one couple I rooted for. Of course, there was no official word about their relationship, but they were hand-in-hand at Comic Con and at a few other events, but they broke up in 2011 before the movie was released. Hand-in-hand, you guys. If we were in second grade, that would practically be marriage right there.

HE DIDN’T CHALLENGE AN S.O. TO THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE

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'Sherlock' Season 4 Spoilers: Benedict Cumberbatch's Onscreen Love Interest Irene Adler to Return?

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By Sonalee singh | June 20, 2014 12:53 PM EST




There is still no news as to when would "Sherlock" season 4 would go on air but fans can't wait to know as to what all would happen in the new season of BBC's immensely popular detective series.  The much evident question in the fans mind is the return of Sherlock's potential love interest Irene Adler.

The character, portrayed as a dominatrix by Lara Pulver left an indelible impression when she almost beat Sherlock Holmes in the episode called "The Scandal in Bohemia". After that she only appeared once in Sherlock's mind palace in the episode called "The Sign of Three". Interestingly, Adler appeared in Sherlock's imagination in all her naked glory.

Would Adler return in Season 4? Fans think that the spark she shares with Sherlock it would be hard for her to stay away from him forever and she may return in Season 4. However, if the creators go by Sir Arthur Thomas Doyle's stories, then Irene may never come back as she does not appear after "The Scandal in Bohemia" (the short story "A Scandal in Belgravia," in which Sherlock meets the character, is based on).

However, Benedict Cumberbatch, would love to have Pulver back on the show as Irene.

"She was terrific fun," he told the Radio Times last year. "She was so brilliant in [Series 2] and we'd love to have her back. Maybe not in this series, but she's a great strong character, even though she only appeared once."

But one of the co-creators Mark Gatiss, who also plays Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes, is in doubts whether Adler's character should be brought back or not.


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Lara Pulver: Acting opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman was "thrilling"

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Susanna Lazarus
3:46 PM, 06 March 2014



For Lara Pulver, the role of Irene Adler was a "gift". Not only did it afford her the chance to play opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman - "no mean feat" - but it gave her the opportunity to show exactly what she could do. A performance we're still talking about, two years on.

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Benedict Cumberbatch Rules Out Romance In New Series Of Sherlock

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By Deepika Rajani On January 3, 2014

Whilst the next episode of Sherlock will see Dr Watson - played by Martin Freeman - marry the love of his life, Mary, it looks like the iconic Baker Street detective won't be following suit any time soon after Benedict Cumberbatch revealed that Sherlock won't be falling in love.

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Quizzed about whether Sherlock will find his Mrs Right in the third series of the show, Benedict told told EntertainmentWise recently: "No",  but then hinted: "There might be something in the arena of proximity, who knows?"

The actor also spoke of how easy he found slipping back into the character of Sherlock who made his return to the show on New Year's day in The Empty Hearse. He said: "The third season for some reason was alot easier to slip back into. That's also a strength of the writing team and where they are taking it with the characters."

Despite finding it easy to slip back into role, it appears it will take Sherlock a lot longer to get back into the groove of things. He said: "Yeah, he's been away for two years and I think he's rusty. He's rusty about human relationships especially with his best friend and with London and I think it takes a bit of time for him to get back into his game.

"You find out a whole lot more about why he is the way he is. There's more of a back story. It's really interesting to try and understand how he came about being the way he is in the 21st century."


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Sherlock Season 3 Spoilers: More about Benedict Cumberbatch’s Return in Episode 1 ‘The Empty Hearse’

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By jaskiran kaur | November 15, 2013 10:26 PM EST

Since the air date of the BBC's "Sherlock" is revealed, fans have become all the more excited about it. Sherlock Season 3 and its Episode 1 "The Empty Hearse" has got everyone speculating and talking about the plot. For more, fans are already speculating the return of Irene Adler to romance Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock.

More about Sherlock Season 3, Episode 1 'The Empty Hearse:' What, When and Where [Spoilers]

As revealed by Mark Gatiss the Episode 1 "The Empty Hearse" will take us to London Underground as the episode is inspired by a "Doctor Who" episode of 1968 titled "The Web of Fear."

Spoilers and speculation of the much-awaited Sherlock Season 3, Episode 1 "The Empty Hearse" have revealed that the show will begin by showing Sherlock's and Watson's reunion after the gap of two years. Soon after, viewers will learn how Sherlock survived "The Fall." And the episode will proceed to the London Underground. As per the spoilers and speculations there is a lot in store for fans to look forward to in the entire season 3 of "Sherlock." (Click here to know more about Sherlock Season 3)

While the UK air dates are yet to be revealed, we already know that Benedict Cumberbatch will return as Sherlock in Season 3, Episode 1 "The Empty Hearse" on Jan. 19 ,2013  at 10PM after the show "Downtown Abbey" on BBC in US. Also, a special screening event of the Season 3 Episode 1 will be held in the British Film Institute on Dec. 15 which will be followed by a Q&A round with the cast and production team members. It is also anticipated that the UK fans won't have to wait much as the show is expected to air in the beginning of the year 2014.


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Sherlock Series 3: Lara Pulver teases Irene Adler return, saying “I didn’t say you wouldn’t be seeing me”!

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September 12th, 2013 by Anna Howell.

After previously admitting that she could see her character making a Sherlock return, actress Lara Pulver has hinted that we may be seeing Irene Adler again in series 3!

Pulver’s entrance as Adler in series 2 as a dominatrix who repeatedly outwitted Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) before being finally defeated herself, caused quite a stir in “A Scandal in Belgravia” with many complaining to Ofcom about her opening scene, in which she sits completely naked. The flirty minx got right inside Sherlock’s head, and heart a little bit after bombarding him with text messages asking him to meet her for dinner.

However, despite the obvious attraction, it was earlier reported that the character would not be featuring in the new series of Sherlock, which is due to air on our screens either late this year or early next, despite Lara Pulver suggesting that we have not seen the last of her. However, in a recent interview with the Radio Times Pulver has now hinted that these reports could be wrong and that her character might be making an appearance in the tightly guarded series 3.


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Matthew Madfadyen, Myanna Buring, Martin Freeman: BAFTA AWARDS, Sunday May 12

Attendees announced for the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards

It’s the news you’ve all been waiting for: the confirmed list of attendees for the Arqiva BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday 12 May! Feast your eyes on the star-studded list of guests below…

Confirmed attendees to date include:

Ade Adepitan, Alan Dedicoat, Anastasia Hille, Andrew Castle, Andrew Buchan, Andrew Flintoff, Anita Rani, Anne Reid, Ant & Dec, Armando Iannucci, Brian Cox, Clare Balding, Charles Dance, Charlotte Bellamy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Damian Lewis, David Harewood, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dermot O’Leary, Dustin Demri-Burns, Emily Maitlis, Giles Long, Graham Norton, Grayson Perry, Greg Davies, Gwendoline Christie, Helen George, Helen McCrory, Holly Willoughby, Hugh Bonneville, Huw Edwards, Ian Hislop, Imelda Staunton, Indira Varma, Jack Whitehall, Jamie Redknapp, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Jenni Falconer, Jeremy Bowen, Jessica Hynes, Jessie Wallace, Jim Carter, Jodie Whittaker, John Inverdale, John Partridge, John Middleton, Karren Brady, Kevin McCloud, Lara Pulver, Lesley Sharp, Lord Sugar, Martin Freeman, Mary Berry, Matt Johnson, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Macfadyen, Maxine Peake, Mel Giedroyc, Michael Palin, Miranda Hart, MyAnna Buring, Nick Hewer, Nina Conti, OJ Borg, Olivia Colman, Paul Hollywood, Peter Capaldi, Romola Garai, Russell Tovey, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sarah Lancashire, Sarah Millican, Sebastian Cardinal, Shane Richie, Sienna Miller, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Stephen Graham, Stephen Mangan, Steve Cram, Sue Perkins, Tamsin Greig, Terry Jones, Toby Jones, Warren Brown.

The Arqiva British Academy Television Awards are on Sunday 12 May 2013 | 8pm | BBC One & BBC One HD

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“Hugh Bonneville has a fine arse” Lara Pulver on the Sherlock effect, why she’s embracing more sex and violence in Da Vinci’s Demons and the lure of Bond

By PAUL SIMPER
Last Updated: 19th April 2013

FORMER Sherlock actress Lara Pulver plays Clarice Orsini, the seductive wife of Lorenzo Medici, in David Goyer’s violent, raunchy fantastical imagining of the life of the young Leonardo Da Vinci, Da Vinci’s Demons...

Lara, last time we spoke you had just finished Spooks and were flying back to LA when you got a call from a certain [Sherlock co-creator] Steven Moffat.

Mr Moffat. I did indeed. I wrapped Spooks then read the episode of Sherlock — A Scandal In Belgravia — on the plane back to LA. They said to me: “Come back” but I’d literally just landed so I managed to persuade them to let me tape myself in Los Angeles and send it over. I said: “Let’s use the fact that I’m eight hours behind you. You watch it and tomorrow if you still want me to fly I will wake up at 7am and I will get on the first plane.” [Laughs.] And that’s what I did.

Has it been a life-changing role?

It really has. It’s been a catapult into the big world of the industry.

Have fantasy fans been excited about you being cast in Da Vinci’s Demons from the moment it was announced?

I think David Goyer has such a loyal fan base that there has been that, but there’s been a lot of mystique about this show and what it actually is. There’s a lot of humour — dark humour as well as wit. Then there’s a childlike element. David Goyer has managed to create this mystical world where anything is possible. We’re challenging everything we thought we knew about this man — Leonardo da Vinci — and saying there’s a huge part of his history [between the ages of 18-33] that we don’t know about. So David Goyer is showing him as a Renaissance superhero.

People do also get their kit off, don’t they? Firstly Hugh Bonneville...
He stepped up.

With a fine arse.

Yes, very well put. It’s a fine arse!

Do you also have your moments?

I think the show isn’t unflinching in any way. Whether it’s sex, violence, religion, politics — we face everything head on. It’s bold. And yet not for one second did I feel uncomfortable with any of the subject matter. Actually it was just thought-provoking.


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Sherlock's Lara Pulver Stars In 'Da Vinci's Demons' - Full Of 'Sex, Violence, Religion, Philosophy' In David Goyer's Fantastical World Posted: 16/04/2013 15:55 BST | Updated: 16/04/2013 16:33 BST (HUFF POST)

The last time Lara Pulver removed her clothes, to show Sherlock Holmes who was boss (the whip helped), the Broadcasting Standards Council had to go and have a lie-down.

So when Pulver warns us that her new show is "extremely bold, it's no 'Downton Abbey'", we should probably feel duly warned. The 'Spooks' star plays Clarice Orsini in David Goyer's new ball-busting, brain-aching TV epic 'Da Vinci's Demons' which, according to Pulver, contains "sex, violence, religion, philosophy, it's all there".

With breakthrough star Tom Riley in the title role, and a roll-call including such names as Hugh Bonneville and Laura Haddock, Goyer (writer of Christopher Nolan's 'Batman' trilogy and the forthcoming Superman reboot, 'Man of Steel') has created a world set in the Renaissance of Florence, following the story of the young Leonardo Da Vinci, with the city's battle with Rome throwing up a florid backdrop.

As for her character Clarice Orsini, Pulver describes her thus: "A devoted wife, she loves and supports her husband to the nth degree, she's an all, confidante and to a certain degree the power behind the throne. She's an all-round good egg."

With the huge and diverse cast, all decked out in Renaissance punk costumes, swords flashing and clothes dropping to the floor, 'Da Vinci's Demons' sounds as though it may appeal to the same huge fanbase currently clamouring for 'Game of Thrones'.


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Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman win award after award at the 2012 Crime Thriller Awards

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Lara Pulver on a Sherlock return: “It would be a pleasure – I had a lovely chemistry with Benedict” (RADIOTIMES)

The actress is ready to reprise her risque role as whip-smart dominatrix Irene Adler opposite "old friend" Benedict Cumberbatch

Paul Jones
10:34 AM, 22 January 2013

Actress Lara Pulver is ready to pick up her whip and step back into the thigh-high boots of dominatrix Irene Adler, should Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss come calling once again.

Pulver said a return to the BBC1 series “would be an absolute pleasure” and described the “lovely chemistry” she shared with its star Benedict Cumberbatch during some challenging scenes.

Pulver's role in series two episode A Scandal in Belgravia saw her dress up in S&M gear, and strip down to nothing, as her character engaged in a sexually charged battle of wits with the detective. But she said Cumberbatch had made the revealing scenes run smoothly.

“When you’re having to be that intimate with someone, barriers just come down because you’re having to trust that person, you’re having to feel very safe in their presence,” Pulver told access hollywood.

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‘Oh Come On!’ Sherlock Actress Lara Pulver Denies Dating Benedict CumberbatchShe slams the Daily Mail… (E.)

Lara Pulver might have got ‘naked’ on the set of Sherlock when playing opposite Benedict Cumberbatch on the hit show, but business is business and the actress denies that they are dating in real life, slamming a report that suggests that the two were “completely engrossed” with each other.

The actress has tweeted about the Daily Mail report, criticising the paper’s facts.

"Oh come on, it's the Mail! I've never read a more factually incorrect article," she wrote, while tagging a Sherlock fan, who had questioned whether the story was true.

Benedict and Lara attended the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards last week along with other members from the Sherlock cast and crew, but according to a source they seemed more than friends.

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'Sherlock' Actors Benedict Cumberbatch And Lara Pulver Dating For Real? (E.)

BY REBECCA LEWIS ON OCTOBER 22, 2012

She teased him with her naked body, he showed off his sleuth skills - could fiction become reality?

 Sherlock actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Lara Pulver are rumoured to be dating after recently breaking off long term relationships. The episode 'A Scandal in Belgravia', where Lara appeared naked before Benedict and costar Martin Freeman, attracted 100 complaints at the time, but perhaps Benedict wasn't one of them? The couple were seen flirting at last Thursdays Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards where Benedict picked up an award for Sherlock and took Lara as his plus one.

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Lara Pulver Discusses If She’ll Return In Sherlock Season 3 Saturday, October 13th, 2012 at 12:30pm (SPIN OFF ON LINE)

So far all we know about the third season of BBC’s Sherlock are three words: “Rat. Wedding. Bow.” It’s not much to go on, but it’s plenty to get excited about.

It turns out that not even the actors involved — or those that could be involved — know what’s going to be happening in the hit drama’s next three episodes.

“I have no idea,” Lara Pulver, who played Irene Adler in the first episode of Season 2, told reporters at New York Comic Con before she burst out laughing. “We start shooting in January, Season 3. They’re writing the episodes — three episodes — as we speak. I have no idea if she’ll stay as a one-episode wonder or whether she’ll return for the final season.”

“A Scandal in Belgravia” was nominated for an Emmy, but ended up losing to HBO’s Game Change. Pulver said that, in this case, she expected the overwhelmingly positive response to the episode and her character.

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Benedict Cumberbatch - SHERLOCK VS. SHERLOCK

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Benedict Cumberbatch: The wonderful Sherlock - versus Sherlock 2

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Sherlock's Lara Pulver: I found filming naked empowering The British actress discusses the return of Irene Adler and why she'll never do a swinger movie (RADIO TIMES) Claire Webb 11:00 AM, 02 July 2012

“I take my clothes off for a minute and a half and everyone suddenly goes, ‘Oh great, she’s an actress who will take her clothes off. We can’t get Kate Winslet. Let’s see if Lara Pulver will do a swinger movie.’”

Pulver laughs, plainly more tickled than irked. Leading ladies often look reassuringly ordinary out of professional make-up and flattering camera angles. Not Lara Pulver. Even early on a damp Monday morning, raindrops frizzing her inky locks, she looks as stunning as she does on screen, if more demurely dressed than in the role that’s precipitated the flood of swinger movie scripts: as whip-wielding dominatrix Irene Adler in Sherlock.

As well as job offers, Pulver’s performance as the Baker Street sleuth’s sultry adversary earned her a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for best actress (co-star Benedict Cumberbatch and Sherlock itself both won awards) and a Twitter appreciation society – “The Whip Hand” – that’s as devoted as Benedict’s “Cumberbitches”. It’s also kept her episode at the top of the iPlayer charts, making it the most watched programme this year.

That last honour probably has something to do with that 90 seconds where Pulver wears only a pair of Louboutin heels, diamond earrings and lipstick, which provoked more than 100 complaints when it was broadcast before the watershed.

When she subsequently revealed in Radio Times that she dispensed with the stick-on bra and diminutive drawers (“Imagine a sanitary towel made of tan lycra”) provided to protect her modesty, and found filming naked “empowering”, her confession caused even more of a stir.

“I feel like I’ve been slightly misquoted,” she says now, keen to clarify.

“I was in my rawest, most vulnerable physical form and to be standing there like that and still doing my job and doing it well. That’s what was empowering, realising: ‘I’m not crumbling; I’m not freaking out; I’m not shaking; I’m not not able to say my lines.’ I had no idea what was actually going to happen so it was empowering and reassuring to know that Lara in her most vulnerable physical state was OK.”


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Benedict Cumberbatch: 'Sherlock fell in love with Irene Adler' (THE SUN)

By JENNY MANNING Published: 25th June 2012

BENEDICT Cumberbatch has revealed his character Sherlock Holmes was in love with dominatrix Irene Adler

 He says the detective definitely fell for Irene, who appeared in A Scandal in Belgravia — the first episode of the second series of hit BBC1 show Sherlock.

 Benedict said: "Well, he's supposedly an asexual, emotionless machine, and has cut off feelings of attraction or sensory enjoyment or interest in the female form other than to gain information. "So it was how to get the audience to believe that you could possibly be in a position that was vulnerable - how could he possibly be feeling something for this woman?

 "But the thing about (Irene) that is very obvious when you read (the 1891 short story by Sherlock's creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in which the character first appears) is Sherlock definitely does fall for her and he does lose his cool. "He's no longer the logical machine. He fell for her charms. "And so it was a balancing act, but it was so deftly written (by the show's co-creator Steven Moffat) that it was so easy to do."

 Actress Lara Pulver, who played Irene, certainly made an impression on viewers after filming one scene entirely naked except for a pair of high heels.


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Benedict Cumberbatch: Sherlock, A scandal in Belgravia Q & A

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Lara Pulver: The infamous 111-second scene with Sherlock that made my career go pop Rosamund Urwin 15 June 2012 (LONDON EVENING STANDARD)

If Lara Pulver is sick of talking about that scene, she does a convincing job of hiding it. But the one thought about her naked turn as dominatrix Irene Adler in BBC1’s Sherlock Benedict Cumberbatch that she can’t stomach is that some of the 2.5 million viewers who watched it on iPlayer might have paused every frame. At this, she looks horrified, puts her fingers in her ears and sings: “La la la la la. I don’t want to know.”

When I mentioned to male colleagues that I had interviewed Pulver, they went gooey-eyed — although the 31-year-old has plenty of female admirers too. And now she has won international recognition for the role, with a nomination for the American Critics’ Choice Television Awards, alongside Jessica Lange,  Julianne Moore and Emily Watson.

“I’ve won, just in my name being read out with those ladies,” she says. “It’s so weird. You never know in an acting career what’s going to pop. I’ve done one 90-minute episode and more people talk to me about that than anything else.”

When she read the script for A Scandal in Belgravia, she had just finished filming the final series of Spooks, and was flying back to Los Angeles, where the Kent-born actress lives: “It was one of those moments when you think ‘turn the plane around! I have to do this job’.”




As well as drawing in almost nine million TV viewers on the night, the episode also attracted 100 complaints. “I think the human form is something to celebrate. And you don’t actually see anything. That’s why we spent eight hours shooting that scene because if you saw a tiny bit of nipple ...” She breaks off. “It is so cleverly shot by [director] Paul McGuigan, that it is what you don’t see that makes your imagination go crazy.”

Shooting the scene sounds a logistical nightmare: “Our producer was going through it with the BBC — ‘So you can have one out-of-focus buttock but not two out-of-focus buttocks.’ It was kinda hilarious what she had to adhere to.”

Pulver was completely nude for the scene “apart from Louboutins and some beautiful diamond earrings”, turning down the offer of a self-adhesive gel bra and pants: “They actually made me feel more uncomfortable.”

But there were filming considerations too: “Paul McGuigan took me to one side and said: ‘Look, we’re going to spend probably 14 hours shooting this with that stuff on because if we see a glimpse of it, we can’t use it.’ [Being naked gave] an inch more space to play with. Otherwise, if I wasn’t spot on my mark, it was a complete waste of time ... It would have been: ‘We have to go again, we can see a bit of gel bra coming out of Benedict’s left eye’.” She admits being “scared out of her wits to take her clothes off” but adds: “It was empowering to go, ‘In my rawest physical form, in my skin and bones, I am okay.’ I didn’t crumble. I had a minor freak out inside but was able to do my job.”


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