News for Nov. 13, 2005

Why I needed a body double by the Narnia star aged 16

11/13/05, 8:32 pm EST - Xoanon

Like most professional actresses, Anna Popplewell insisted on the use of a body double for certain film scenes. Unlike most actresses, it wasn't because of insecurities about her appearance. The truth was far more prosaic: she's scared of mice. "I'm absolutely terrified of rodents," she says. "I thought the director was winding me up. I don't think he understood just how much of a phobia it was. He called me over one day and had a mouse in his hand and I just burst into tears." [More]