Anna Friel has admitted that whilst she loves being a mum, she doesn’t want to sacrifice her career for her daughter.
The Pushing Daisies star told WENN. “”I love being a mother so much, but this is also an important time in my career where things are finally happening for me. I don’t ever want to regret not making the most of it, so I bring my daughter to work with me. It’s the only way to make it work.”
Anna Friel has admitted that she was gutted when she learned that Pushing Daisies had been axed by US TV network ABC.
The 33-year-old actress played Charlotte ‘Chuck’ Charles on the quirky comedy and enjoyed her first real success in America through the show.
Friel told the California Chronicle: “I was gutted for the audience and the fanbase. People were saying to me that they couldn’t believe it had been dropped.
Anna Friel has admitted that she feels pressure to conform to the Hollywood stereotype, in a bid to land more roles.
The former Pushing Daisies star told MSN: “When I first arrived in Los Angeles, it took some time before I realised that you do have to conform to a type – you do have to stay slim, and you can’t make excuses.”
She added: “Looking good is a serious business and you have to make a decision to go along with it or else you’re just not going to get the work. In the beginning, I had such an awful time that I just wanted to run back home. But, looking back today, I’m glad I stuck it out.
Pushing Daisies’ Anna Friel will star as Holly Golightly in a new stage version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s opening in London this September.
I liked Daisies and it’s quirky qualities and I can well imagine Anna Friel in this role. However she may be setting herself up for a fall as who can really compare to the iconic Audrey Hepburn who starred in the screen version back in 1961.
Maybe if the play sticks more to the original Truman Capote novella and less to the lighter, brighter movie version Friel will avoid constant comparisons and make the role her own.
Pushing Daisies actress Anna Friel is said to be returning to the UK on a permanent basis.
Friel’s show was axed recently by US TV network ABC and she is soon to return to the UK for a role in a crime drama.
A source told The Mail On Sunday: “Anna has to come back to England for work. She will be here for eight months and is seriously considering making it a full-time move.
Anna Friel joins Jonathan Ross tonight on his BBC One show Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, and announces details of her new movie, Land Of The Lost, with Will Ferrell.
She also says she’ll try botox: “not yet .. but I’m sure I will. David (Thewlis) says ‘don’t you dare!’…I’m waiting for the day when you can just press a button.
Anna Friel gave her co-stars an eyeful whilst filming a new episode of her hit US TV show, Pushing Daisies.
Her character Chuck shows up at her boyfriend Ned’s house (Lee Pace) wearing just a DUVET.
The 32-year-old then drops the blanket to the floor revealing all.
A show spokesman told The Sun: “Lee certainly enjoyed shooting the scene.”
Doctor Who actor, David Tennant, and Pushing Daisies star, Anna Friel, have been voted the sexiest man and woman on TV.
In a survey carried out by the Hallmark Channel and completed by almost 1600 people, Tennant has 23% swooning in front of their screens, while around 20% have their eye on Anna Friel.
The survey was supposed to examine the effects of sex appeal on keeping people hooked on their favourite TV shows.
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Actress Anna Friel has admitted that she is nervous about the launch of her new TV show, Pushing Daisies in the UK next month.
Speaking before a screening of the programme at Hollywood’s Paley Television Festival, she said: “I’m so nervous, all the big billboards have started to go up [in the UK] so I’m hoping they like it. It’s very important for me that the Brits like it.”
Anna’s co-star Lee Pace explained what the show is about: “I play Ned who can touch the dead back to life. If the dead live for longer than a minute then something else will die and if I touch something for a second time they die again forever. But in the first episode I bring to life my childhood sweetheart (played by Anna) and high comedy ensues.”
Ned’s powers mean he can never lay a finger on Anna’s character Chuck. And Lee revealed there were several times when filming that he accidentally touched Anna.
“She’ll drop dead and we’ll all laugh and have to do another take but I really like that there’s that standing in between us, rather than us falling into bed together.”
Pushing Daisies airs on ITV in April.
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