Interview - Kelly Brook
Kelly Brook plays Herself/Samantha Hall
'Filming Moving Wallpaper and Renaissance was brilliant fun! It’s amazing actually, as I get to be in this crazy B movie action film in Renaissance and then at the same time I get to act in a seriously witty comedy for MW.
I play myself in MW, well, a heightened version of myself. Kelly Brook in MW is very committed and dedicated to her work and is very similar to a method actress. She completely overanalyses everything and is constantly questioning the writers’ motives. I think she just wants to do a good job and be taken seriously as an actress.
In Renaissance I play Samantha Hall. She’s something of a romantic at heart, identifying with the heroines she reads about in her trashy novels. She left school, did a year at University in Brighton studying English Literature, then dropped out to become an air stewardess. She had a friend who worked at Virgin Atlantic, who always looked glamorous in her uniform, was seeing the world and made Samantha feel like she was missing out.
There’s no way I wanted to be a zombie in Renaissance, in fact I am so happy I don’t turn into a zombie because they’ve had to spend about three hours in prosthetics, wear really hideous contact lenses that make their eyes itch and it's cold having all that blood splattered all over you! So I’m really happy that I’m the hero of this and I get to save all the children – while wearing tiny hot pants, of course!
The main thing that attracted me to the role was I’ve always loved cheesy B movies and I’ve made quite a few myself, so I just thought it would be a great opportunity to do a send-up of that and to work with Alan Dale, who I’m a massive fan of. Don’t call him Jim Robinson though, because a few people have!
I think the show works really well because it allows for some very funny moments where Alan and I are being chased by zombies, and all of a sudden Ben Miller’s character Jonathan will just walk on set with his mobile phone and completely destroy what the ‘actors’ feel was the best scene of the day.
If there did happen to be a zombie apocalypse I’d probably do what Samantha does, find a big beefy guy that I could latch onto who could look after me. I’d also find a crow bar, get a car and just drive away... but whoop ass at the same time!'
