Anne Hathaway has revealed that watching Emmerdale helped her prepare for her role as Emma in the new movie version of David Nicholls' best-selling book One Day.
Speaking at a press conference before the film's premiere in London, the actress said: David gave Emma an amazing backstory. The largest bit of outside research I did, and I don't mean this to sound... I just watched Emmerdale a lot to try to get the accent down. It was really helpful!"
You can watch highlights from the press conference by clicking the link on your left.
On the challenge of portraying the character, Hathaway said: "I didn't realise how deeply loved the book was when I signed on to play Emma, and I sort of wish I didn't know. The weight of expectation got even larger when people started to ask, 'So, you're playing Emma. Are you going to include this, are you going to include that?' And I was like, 'Oh my gosh, people know every word of this book'."
One Day opens in Irish cinemas today, Thursday August 25.
