Interview with Thomas Sangster

25-01-2006 00:00

*Does it feel weird talking about Nanny McPhee so long after you finished shooting?
Yeah, because even at the premiere you have to bring it back up again as if you did it yesterday.

*How did you get the part?
Me and Emma Thompson did Love Actually, so at the premiere of that she said she wanted me to audition for this film of hers. So I went along to a couple of auditions so she could see different sides to me and I think from a call she gave me the part.

*Did you get in to acting through your parents who are actors?
Yeah, that's why. I saw them in something, I think it was in Prague, they were doing something on Edgar Allan Poe, the poet, and I was back stage watching what was happening and I thought it looked really fun so I'd give it a go. I was ten. Then there was another actress who was also doing Edgar Allen Poe and she gave up acting because she wasn’t getting enough work and became an agent. So we went with her because she knew us already but she’s not a child agent, I’m the only child on her books.

*Is it true Hugh Grant is your cousin?
A lot of people have been saying that! I think he is my second cousin three times removed but he’s not a close cousin; he’s connected to my mum. But I hadn’t net him before I did Love Actually.

*Did you meet Colin Firth on Love Actually?
No, the first time I met him was at the premiere.

*Did you enjoy working with him on Nanny McPhee?
Yeah, he was nice, he was playing our father so we had quite a close relationship.

*Did you become quite protective of the little actors who played your siblings?
They were very little but Eliza played more that part. She was more the mum – because they can be quite annoying at times!

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