Primeval star Hannah Spearritt has banned knicker shots from the new series because they are too saucy for children.
Last year viewers got an eyeful when they tuned in to the sci-fi smash and saw the actress wandering around her flat in skimpy underwear.
But when filming started for the new season, Hannah, 26, told producers she would not strip for the cameras again.
The former S Club singer – who plays researcher Abby Maitland – said: “I thought the clips of me wandering around in my pants last year were a bit much.
“The thing is, this was already in the script when I got the part and I didn’t think too much about it at the time.
“We filmed the scenes all in one block. But the actual clips got spread across the series so it made it look like I was walking around in pants all the time.
“When we watched it back, we were quite shocked. I say ‘less is more’. We don’t need it for the show.”
But Hannah says fans need not worry if they still want sexy shots in the monster show.
She giggled: “If you want to see hot naked flesh, then the lovely James Murray, who plays Stephen, gets his top off!”
Rachel Stevens arrives at the European film premiere of ‘Sweeney Todd’, at the Odeon, Leicester Square in London on January 10, 2008:
…people thought I’d fail - I’ve proved them wrong’
Primeval star and ex S Clubber, Hannah Spearritt, 26, on leaving pop stardom behind, finding happiness on TV – and owing it all to Billie Piper…
Hannah Spearritt is a girl done good. The former S Club 7 singer could so easily have gone the same way as many ex-pop band members before her – languishing in obscurity only to reappear for an occasional dip in the murky waters of reality TV. As it is, she’s become a mistress of reinvention, forging a highly respectable new career as an actress in the hit ITV1 drama, Primeval, which returns for a second series next Saturday night. When the tweeny pop sensations disbanded in April 2003, Rachel Stevens was the one predicted to succeed (the, erm, Gary Barlow of the outfit, if you like), and for a while that seemed to be the case. But no longer. Hannah has overtaken her ex-band mate on screen, proving herself to be the unpredictable Robbie Williams-style star of the group.
‘I don’t know about that. But what is quite nice is I don’t think anyone expected me to do anything – I was the underdog, I suppose,’ she says. ‘I always wanted to do something in the acting world, but I can see why no one predicted that I’d make a go of it.’
Hannah’s breakthrough as an actress has invited parallels with Billie Piper, who herself made a stunning transformation from teen popstrel to credible actor. ‘She’s done great, full respect to her. She’s going to be around for a long time, and I hope I can do the same. We’re very different types of actresses, but she’s shown it can be done and without that, I might not have found my route through.’ (more…)
Primeval star Hannah Spearritt has asked for a toy doll of her TV character to be adjusted so that it has bigger breasts.
The actress, who plays reptile expert Abby Maitland on the ITV1 show, told manufacturers that the original doll was not realistic enough.
“I went into the factory and saw them halfway through the making process,” Hannah told the Daily Star. “I saw my head without hair on a stick, which was weird.
“I have been told three characters were sent back and are being redone. They are having minor adjustments - including mine because I have asked for my boobs to be bigger.”
Primeval returns next Saturday at 7pm on ITV1.
