Some fans have suggested that Blunt is "too pretty" to play Rachel, who describes herself as "worthless", as "overwight", and as a "barren, divorced, soon-to-be-homeless alcoholic".

Hawkins herself even commented on Blunt’s looks at the Chiswick Book Festival recently, saying: “Everybody moans about, ‘Oh, she’s too beautiful to play Rachel’ and she is.

“But the thing about Rachel, you know the key part of her is her self-loathing and how bad she feels about herself. They’ve done their best, I mean to sort of make her look a bit shit, but you know…”

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