Emily Atack has insisted that taking off her gear does not undermine her campaign to end violence against women.
The 34-year-old actress plays promiscuous character Sarah Stratton in the Disney+ series Rivals, which the streamer is calling its “sexiest show yet.”
In a scene from the film adaptation based on Dame Jilly Cooper’s best-selling novels, Emily – who shot to fame as Charlotte Hincliffe in The Inbetweeners – stripped off with her co-star while playing tennis in the garden.
But in a new interview, the star has reassured that playing a character who uses sex as a way to get ahead doesn’t exhaust her message at all, as she insists ‘it doesn’t correlate’.
She told me The mirror: ‘I know a lot of people will say, ‘Wait a minute. One minute she’s talking about violence against women, the next she’s taking off her gear during a show. That’s not right,’ but what I’m trying to show is that it shouldn’t matter at all.’
Emily Atack has insisted that taking off her gear does not undermine her campaign to end violence against women.
In a new interview, the star has reassured that playing a character who uses sex as a way to get ahead doesn’t exhaust her message at all, as she insists ‘it doesn’t correlate’
Emily starred in a ‘provocative’ campaign earlier this year with the slogan ‘I’m asking for it’, calling for a change in the laws on rape and sexual assault.
The TV star also previously explored the alarming rise in online sexual harassment for the BBC2 documentary Emily Atack: Asking For It after experiencing repeated daily abuse on her Instagram and TikTok accounts.
Emily said one of her frequent online abusers is a married father who regularly creates fake accounts to send her sexually explicit messages.
She previously explained her motivation for campaigning for stricter laws regarding harassment and the impact this has on her and her family’s mental health.
Meanwhile, Emily revealed how ‘perfect’ the role of Sarah was for her, as she continued: ‘As soon as I read it I got the same feeling as when I first auditioned for Charlotte from The Inbetweeners; the same little sensation in my stomach of, “Oh my god, this is perfect for me.”’
The blonde beauty added that there are roles in life that “completely grab you” and that you think you are “made for.”
During the chat, Emily also opened up about the different sides of her character, noting that it was an “honor” to play.
She said: ‘Sarah is extremely promiscuous, but she’s also funny. There is a comic edge to it. It was such an honor to be able to play such a role, when women are not always so well written, especially women like this.’
The 34-year-old actress plays promiscuous character Sarah Stratton in the Disney+ series Rivals, which the streamer is calling the “sexiest show yet”
Emily noted that it could have been easy to portray the character as “completely stereotypical and unlikable” and shared that she immediately “fell in love” with the “instantly likable” character, adding that it was “in my bones” to to play roles like this. like this.
The raunchy show is based on Jilly’s 1988 novel and follows the cutthroat world of independent television in 1986.
The story focuses on the tense rivalry between Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) and Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant) and stars Emily as Sarah Stratton.
The sexy character is described as ambitious and not afraid to use her looks to reach the top.
In the trailer, Tennant plays the ambitious and selfish controller of Corinium Television and is a far cry from his usual jovial self.
He is seen carrying a gun on his shoulder and wearing a tweed jacket with a matching tie and flat cap as he encouraged his friend to join him in shooting and spending his newfound wealth.
At the very beginning of the trailer, Bella Maclean tells Aiden that “exciting things are going to happen to them,” setting the precedent for the whole sexy affair.
For the show, the Poldark star has also undergone a transformation, donning a signature mustache for the role of TV presenter Declan O’Hara, who brings his wife and children to Lord Tony Baddingham’s new estate.
Declan is described as fiercely intellectual, with an even fiercer temper, and is wooed by Tony to the BBC’s Corinium TV.
But tensions soon rise and in the trailer Aiden is seen getting into fistfights to protect his daughter (played by Bella Maclean) from riotous toffs.
Characters such as the dashing ex-Olympian, MP, inveterate flirt and dangerously charismatic Rupert Campbell-Black.