Gemma Arterton believes that she landed her latest role in The Prince of Persia because she was herself in the audition and swore at the director.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the second blockbuster of the year for Arterton and she thinks that it was her fiestyness during the auditioning process that made Mike Newell think that she was right for the role of Princess Tamina.
In an interview with HeyUGuys she said: "I think the reason I got Prince of Persia, because I was quite feisty in the audition. I didn't know what Prince of Persia was.
"It rang a bell but I was never into computer games - surprisingly - when I was a little girl and so I went into the audition quite blase.
"I didn't think I was going to get the part anyway so I thought I'll just be myself. The director Mike Newell said to me, 'Can you do a posh accent because she's a Princess,' to which I said, 'I trained at the Royal Academy of f***ing Dramatic Arts, I can do whatever you want me to do!'"
and the actress admits that she struggles to believe that she is in this type of movie.
"It's very strange and surreal when I see myself in 'Quantum of Solace' or 'Clash of the Titans', especially 'Prince of Persia', I think.
"When I first saw this movie it took me a while to get my head around the fact that I was in it. I was a very normal girl and all of a sudden I'm there with Jake.
"It's very strange for me and I always saw myself doing theatre and little jobs. I never thought I'd be in anything like this. Now that these films are coming I still find it very strange."
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is out now.
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