Gemma Arterton doesn't think she is famous enough to sell out a theatre run on her own.
Gemma Arterton doesn't think she's very famous.
The actress will star in a new musical remake of hit film 'Made in Dagenham' in London's West End later this year, but she admits she fears no one will want to buy tickets as they won't know who she is.
She said: ''I'm doing a new musical at the end of the year at the Adelphi [theatre], 'Made in Dagenham', and we've got to sell it out. I'm like, 'How are we gonna sell out, with all these musicals that are closing, when the tickets are so expensive, and the theatres are so big?'
''I'm not that famous! It's not like they've got Keira Knightley or Natalie Portman. I'm sure people will see my name on the poster and they'll say, 'Who's that?' ''
The 28-year-old beauty also lamented on her continuous connection to James Bond film 'Quantum of Solace', despite branching out into the respected world of theatre.
She told Radio Times magazine: ''Even when the reviews came out for 'The Duchess of Malfi', it was always, 'Bond girl tries to do theatre.' I didn't even have a big part in Bond! I'm proud of it, but it is a bit weird that it's always brought up.''
Gemma admits she is worried about singing in her new musical role.
She explained: ''I can sing, but I'm not like Mariah Carey. And I can sing and act at the same time. I remember when I saw 'Les Miserables', I thought, 'Oh God!' That's 'X Factor'-type musical theatre. I love the proper, Sondheim-y kind of stuff.''
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Skilfully written, directed and acted, this offbeat British period film tells a story that catches...
It's the early 1940s and World War II is in full swing. Bombs are raining...
Like a 10-years-later follow-up to 28 Days Later, this small British thriller takes a refreshingly...
Melanie is no ordinary girl. She spends her days locked away in a cell and...
Martin Joubert is a French baker living in Normandy who has a deep passion for...
Utterly bonkers, this movie confounds any attempt to categorise it, blending comedy, romance, horror and...
Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is just a normal guy. Well, that might not be totally correct...
Clearly something went horribly wrong as this thriller was being made, because despite a solid...
Richie Furst is a Princeton student with a unique gift for mathematics. He uses his...
Nearly 20 years after Interview With the Vampire, Neil Jordan returns to the genre to...
Clara and Eleanor are a mother and daughter, born two centuries ago as vampires and...
Made in Germany, this raucous adventure merrily refuses to follow the usual Hollywood route of...
By focussing on the emotional bleakness in this story, writer-director Williams manages to find some...
Fifteen years later, Hansel and Gretel are still suffering from the traumatic effects of a...