Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of.

I started writing it six and a half years ago, so the landscape has changed a lot in that time.

I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much.

We're getting caught up with labels: "Nudity: bad." It's not about "nudity: bad." It's about gratuitous oversexualization of children; it's complicated.

Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and I need to be warmed up gently, it's always Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone.

I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing.

You can be a good human being and just be shrewd.