On working with Sharon Horgan

Myself and Sharon have a relationship that’s more like being sisters than friends. So we get a lot done because she’s like ‘C’mon’ and I’m like [quivering] ‘OK’. So, Sharon and I have a good old work ethic. She’s the daughter of a turkey farmer and I’m the daughter of a single parent jockey. Between the two of us we tend to get about 70 hours of work done per day.

On filming the excrutiating Zombie scene in This Way Up

The one time we found it hard to get anything done together while filming was when, if you watch the show, you see a clip of us doing a beautiful rendition of Zombie [by The Cranberries]. Both of us like to think we’re really good singers – and when we were trying to harmonise and do that, we did it so many times to the point of annoying ourselves. The crew didn’t find it funny anymore, the other actors didn’t find it funny and we didn’t find it funny.

We had to do that scene like 17 times. [starts singing Zombie].

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