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Charlotte Church chats about her new movie
BBC Newsround Showbiz
12 June 2003

Teen singer Charlotte Church is starring in her first movie, I'll Be There, in which she plays a teenager who has just discovered her real dad.
Rachel from Newsround Showbiz caught up with her for a chat.

NR: How did you enjoy making the film?

Charlotte: I loved it, I had such a great time. It was a whole different experience from singing. It was great, it was only a seven week shoot.

NR: Do you feel the release has been overshadowed by the press reports of your private life?

Charlotte: Yeah, it has, which is a shame really. What they're talking about with my mum and my boyfriend just really isn't that interesting. It's happening to loads of teenagers in Britain now, it's just a natural process. Hopefully people will start talking about the film.

NR: Your mum went to the premiere in London, but not in Cardiff, was that because of the rift?

Charlotte: Yes and no. I had loads of friends wanting to come to the Cardiff one - there were 25 people who I couldn't ship up to London.

And my family wanted to come to the big London one and wear their posh clothes. That was mainly it, but there was never going to be any showdown, neither my mum or Steven is like that.

NR: So what do you want to say to set the record straight?

Charlotte: I've said everything I can say to set the record straight. And the papers are still writing about it so I give up. If they don't like each other then that's OK, as long as I still have a good relationship with both of them.

NR: We've seen you as an angel, a pop star and now a film star, who is the real Charlotte Church?

Charlotte: The real Charlotte is the one sitting at home, chilling out. I do enjoy going to the premieres and the recording studio, but I do enjoy going home.

NR: Your chart single didn't do that well, so did you decide to go into films from that?

Charlotte: No, the dance record was a one off, I just fancied doing it. It did much better than I expected, it got to number three. I may do some more films, but I'm still going to sing.

NR: You and your mum approached Craig Ferguson (co-star and writer of I'll Be There) about the film, was that a big ambition of yours?

Charlotte: No, not really. We were talking to the film company and they recommended Craig. We met him and had a general chat and he wrote the script and that was that.