Former Garbage singer, Shirley Manson, has revealed that she has well and truly caught the acting bug after filming for her new role in the Sarah Connor Chronicles.

“I don’t think once you’ve been in a successful band you can ever truly shed that image,” she told Access Hollywood. “But I would also love to do more acting and I see no reason why I can’t. I know that there are a lot of criticisms whenever a musician steps into acting and whenever an actor steps into music and I understand where that comes from.

“I’ve certainly been guilty of being very suspicious myself of people who’ve done crossovers, but I’m 42 years old, and I feel like being an active musician on the road is a tough life,” she added. “And I don’t know necessarily if I want to continue that kind of existence. I want to be continually challenged and excited and acting has provided that for me.”

Manson plays Catherine Weaver in the series, a role she took because it “captured my imagination.”

“I’ve been offered quite a few acting jobs over the years and for some reason I’ve just really connected with the Terminator franchise since I was young,” she explained. “I was a huge fan of Terminator 1 & 2 and so for whatever reason, I jumped at the chance.”