Rachel Riley has admitted she's both "nervous and excited" ahead of her presenting gig on the BAFTAs red carpet.

Rachel Riley

Rachel Riley

Whilst she is looking forward to finding out some secrets from the stars at the event on Sunday, February 8 at London's Royal Opera House, she's also apprehensive and hopes those she speaks to can feel relaxed in her presence.

She told BANG Showbiz: "This is quite different for me. I've never done any red carpet interviewing before. It's quite new and will be exciting and nerve-wracking.

"But a lot of people who are going there it will be their first time as well and they will be up for awards so I think they will be more nervous about that than anything else."

Having interviewed big names in the past when she presented on MUTV, she's now excited about rubbing shoulders with Emma Stone and cannot wait to speak to Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch.

"I'd love to meet Emma Stone because I haven't seen a film with her in that I didn't like. She's one of those people that if I see she's in the film then I'll go and see it.

"Eddie Redmayne and Benedict Cumberbatch are in the two kinds of mathsy films playing Stephen Hawking and Alan Turing. It's nice to have Brits up for awards."

Rachel went on to admit that she also looked forward to being a "geek" at the show because she gets to wear a dress with a camera embedded within it.

"It should be fun. I've got a camera integrated into my dress so I haven't got to worry about pointing anything, it's going to be taking live video stream and pictures for me. So at least I haven't got to worry about that.

"One reason why I was keen to do this BAFTA presenting is because there is a camera integrated into the dress so the geek side of me thought, 'Oh that's quite cool.'

"A lot of stuff on 'The Gadget Show' it would take a lot of attempts to get it working but this is streaming live in HD for the YouTube channel so hopefully everything is working on the night."

Watch the star-studded EE BAFTA red carpet show, live with Rachel Riley on http://www.ee.couk/bafta


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