An actress revealed she was reduced to tears when it came to a sex scene with Daniel Craig.
In 2003, Newcastle-born star Anne Reid starred opposite Daniel, 55, in The Mother. A love affair with the James Bond star would be every woman’s dream, but this wasn’t the case for Anne.
The 88-year-old, who played Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street, was so terrified at the prospect of stripping off in front of the actor that she got drunk before bursting into tears. The anxiety she felt almost led her to quit the role of May.
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Anne told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs: “The night before I had a lot of drink on my own in the flat, and I stripped and I stood in front of a mirror and thought, ‘Tomorrow I am going to have to show this.’ And I started to cry.”
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The Last Tango in Halifax star added: “I thought, ‘Oh my God, I can’t do this.’ So I rang my son and I was weeping. He said, ‘Look, Mum, if you are inhibited it’s not going to work – just go for it.’ I managed to pull myself together but it was scary.”
The film follows May, a middle-aged grandmother whose husband tragically dies while the couple are visiting their children in London. May falls into a deep depression following Toot’s (Peter Vaughan) death and finds comfort in Daniel’s character Darren.
Darren is a handyman who is not only half May’s age and married, but is also sleeping with her daughter, Paula (Cathryn Bradshaw). In 2022, the Dinnerladies star appeared on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh.
Anne spoke about her illustrious career and recalled jumping into bed with Daniel on the set of the film. Discussing what it was like working with the Skyfall star, she joked: “Yeah, that was dreadful.”
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The presenter, 74, pointed out that their movie came before Daniel was cast as James Bond. She chuckled: I know, so I like to think I was a Bond girl.” Anne went on: “I still can’t [believe it], every time I say it, I think I’m making it up. I actually got into bed with Daniel Craig.”
“It doesn’t seem so very likely,” she added. Anne went on to admit: “When we got into bed, you’ve probably read, I said to him, ‘I hope this doesn’t look like Thora Hird and Tom Cruise’. He did laugh.”
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