'I didn't realise the narrative...' Emily Atack found Inbetweeners fame confusing
Emily Atack feels "confused" about her early days of fame because she used them to her advantage and never thought she was being "overtly sexual" as she promoted her work.
Emily Atack feels "confused" about her early days of fame.
The 34-year-old comedienne first became known when she was cast as Charlotte Hincliffe on E4 sitcom 'The Inbetweeners' in 2008 and initially used her sudden notoriety to her advantage as she "celebrated" her youth and her body in the media.
She told The Guardian: "All of a sudden, I was getting recognised in the street; when I went to clubs and bars with my fake ID, because I was on TV, they’d let me in, bring over a big bottle with a firework in it, because you’re the girl from 'The Inbetweeners'. I really enjoyed that people were really fun and nice to me. This is where I I get confused. And I was confused then. I didn’t have a clue. I was told, ‘You’ve got a photoshoot today’ and it would be for Loaded magazine, or for FHM to promote series two of 'The Inbetweeners'. So I was all, ‘Yep, clothes off, bikini on. Whatever.’ Genuinely, I had no problems with that – I enjoyed those shoots. I was celebrating my youth and my sexuality in beautiful locations, wearing gorgeous underwear, with lovely crews of people and photographers, and I loved it. It was great. I naively didn’t think what narrative was being painted for me."
But the former 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! contestant insisted that when she did undertake racy photoshoots, she wasn't trying to be "overly sexual" and was just trying to promote whatever project she was working on at the time.
She said: "People go, ‘How can you not expect it? You’re stood up there in your pants, going, ‘Look at me!’ But in my head, I wasn’t doing that. I wasn’t putting myself out there in an overtly sexual way. Genuinely, I was just doing a photoshoot to promote my work!"
