Gemma Arterton feared baby son ‘didn't recognise her’ after filming Sky’s Funny Woman
ok.co.ukShe’s starred in everything from Bond to Shakespeare but Gemma Arterton’s greatest role is being a mum to her son. Gemma, 38, who is married to Peaky Blinders hunk Rory Keenan, is so besotted with her baby boy, she took him with her when she filmed the second series of her hit Sky comedy Funny Woman.
It was Gemma’s first role since becoming a mum and even though her son was always by her side, she still fretted over how he’d find filming. “He was 10 months old,” she says. “I brought my family up to Liverpool where we shot the show, so he was with me.
I dyed my hair blonde this season and it sounds ridiculous but I was convinced he didn’t recognise me! He’d see me for an hour or something a day, I’d be dressed as Sophie and I just don’t look like myself when I’m playing her, with the costumes and the hair and make up, so I was convinced that he didn’t know I was his mum.
I found that quite hard.” Days on set are long, but when Gemma’s not working, she’s free to devote all her time to being a mum. “It is what it is, though,” she adds. “The good thing about this job is that it’s intense when you’re filming for three or four months, but then you might have months off where you can just be with your child.
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