Felicity Ward on playing the first Female Lead in The Office
Felicity Ward on playing the first Female Lead in The Office Report by Mccallumj. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00You look absolutely gorgeous, by the way.
00:01You look absolutely gorgeous.
00:02Would you behave?
00:03Would you behave?
00:04Excuse me.
00:05This dress is everything.
00:06Thank you very much.
00:07You're a trailblazer.
00:08How does it feel to be called a trailblazer?
00:10Oh, I don't know.
00:11Once you get to my age, I've been called everything under the sun, so I don't believe much of it.
00:18How does it feel to be here, though, at an event that's celebrating women?
00:21Because we don't have enough of them, do we?
00:23Well, I mean, we have enough of them.
00:25They're just not on TV.
00:28We're actually more of the population, but that's by the by.
00:31You know what I love about this show is that it's the first female lead for an Office remake.
00:38This is the 13th remake.
00:41But it's just incidental that the character is a woman.
00:45There's nothing like...
00:47It's not an empowering role.
00:49It's bad for feminism, but it's so nice being...
00:54When Liz Truss got into power, I thought, finally, we've made it that women can be mediocre, too.
01:01That we have been here long enough and in positions of power that we can do a terrible job.
01:08That's what feminism is for.
01:10You make me laugh so much.
01:12I meant the event celebrating women, not how many...
01:15We do have quite a lot of women in the world, which is good.
01:18But it's great that we've actually got an event that's celebrating women in this industry,
01:22because I feel like we need more of those types of events.
01:24Do you know what's great?
01:26I think about it like with panel shows.
01:28There was a long time that there was no women on panel shows in comedy or just one.
01:32And what you miss out on when there's another woman in the room is just the look.
01:38Just the nod.
01:39Like the hand that goes out and you go, you know...
01:42And someone's like, yeah.
01:43And so when you've just got a room full of women or a panel full of women,
01:47it's lots of like, ah, yeah.
01:49And there's a shorthand and there's an intimacy and a nuance that you don't get
01:52if there's just one woman representing all women.
01:55And you're the first female lead in the Office franchise.
01:58I mean, that's pretty iconic.
02:00Does it come with a bit of pressure as well?
02:02Yeah, sure.
02:03Yeah, I've lost a bit of weight.
02:08Look, there's going to be...
02:10There's a pressure being the lead in any sitcom.
02:13I'm going to burp, because I'm a lady.
02:17You stifled it, didn't you?
02:19You stifled it there.
02:20I think I pushed it down.
02:21It'll come out the other end.
02:23Also, I'm a stand-up.
02:25I'm not an actor, so I'm very bad at these.
02:28No, you're very good at these, actually.
02:30I think it's a breath of fresh air, I would say.
02:33Well, we'll see how this clips up.
02:37It's just a clip of me going, I'm going to burp.
02:39No, it's chaos and I love it, because I'm chaos as well.
02:42I feel like we're feeding off each other here.
02:44It's all I have.
02:45Chaos and great tits.
02:47It's all I've got.
02:48That's my new motto.
02:50Somebody steal that from me.
02:51That's my new motto.
02:52My gift from me to you.
02:53And see, this is why we love women.
02:55That's right.
02:56So, pressure-wise...
02:57Oh, yeah, pressure.
02:58Yeah, it's going to be pressure, but it's also loads of fun.
03:01You know, like, people are going to have...
03:03I've tried to tell myself other people's opinion
03:05is none of my business, so they will have their opinions
03:08and people will love it and people will not like it.
03:10And good?
03:14Good. Fine.
03:15Well, if it's half as funny as you are right now,
03:18then I'm sure it's going to be hysterical.
03:20Thank you for bringing so much, like, lols and laughs.
03:23Oh, mate!
03:24Thank you so much.
03:25I love it. Chaos and...
03:26Chaos and great tits.
03:27Thank you very much.
03:28Thank you very much.
03:29Lovely to meet you.
03:30What was your name again?
03:31Jodie.
03:32Hi, Jodie.
03:33Nice to meet you.