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COPYRIGHT 2003 Curve Magazine, Outspoken Enterprises, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 863-6538
"To be honest, it was the worst thing and the best thing," says Keeley Hawes, with a nervous laugh. The sultry 26-year-old plays Kitty Butler, a magnetic and talented male impersonator who captures the heart of young Nan Astley (played by beautiful Rachael Surling, who happens to be Dame Diana Rigg's daughter) in the film adaptation of Tipping the Velvet created for BBC television and shown in the United States over three nights on BBC America May 23-25.
She's not talking about the film's steamy sex scenes.
Instead, she's admitting she was nervous about the portions of the film in which she had to sing and dance. "It's a nice feeling to have done it now, but I did find it terrifying at first," she says. "I studied singing and dancing at stage school but I spent a lot of time sitting underneath the table, having a fag [cigarette], so I missed out on most of it!"
She must have made up for lost time in rehearsals, because she managed to hoof...
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