Olivia Colman 'loves' starring in children’s films

Olivia Colman thinks it is “lovely” to star in children’s films.

The Oscar-winning actress can most recently be seen in ‘Paddingon In Peru’ as a singing nun and she loves the fact her own three children can all enjoy the film, unlike some of her “heavy and dark” other work.

She recently told My Weekly magazine: “I love doing children’s films. It’s so nice that my children can see something I’ve done.

“It’s a lovely, lovely feeling they can watch because a lot of the stuff I do they can’t.

“There’s something really joyous about doing something that brings happiness to families.

“It’s just lovely and fun to be involved in things that make children smile.

“It’s not as heavy and dark as some of my other work and that’s a nice change of pace.”

The ‘Wonka’ actress – who has two sons, aged 19 and 17, and a nine-year-old daughter with husband Ed Sinclair – believes family films are “so important” because children always remember their favourites and she can still recall which movies she saw as a child that held significance for her.