Naomi Ackie's Special Gift From Helen Mirren

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The incredibly talented Naomi Ackie is starring in another franchise, this time The Thursday Murder Club. She was great fun at the UK Premiere in London's Leicester Square and admitted she was gutted she missed Steven Spielberg on set as she's desperate to be in one of his movies.   The Thursday Murder Club lands on Netflix on Friday 22nd August. Report by Jonesl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I wish I was there. I could play the alien, I don't mind.

00:03Can I be in all of your films?

00:06You look incredible. Thank you darling.

00:08And you're part of another huge franchise. How do you do it?

00:11I don't know. I don't know.

00:14It's exciting, it's fun isn't it?

00:16Yeah! I don't know.

00:17Who's the roles that you set out to do when you first started?

00:21To be honest when I first started I didn't think I'd get this fun.

00:25I'm pretty thrilled to be here. It's cool. I'm just rolling with the punches.

00:31It's fun and I keep on pinching myself. It doesn't feel quite, you know, it's a nice place to be.

00:37You deserve all of us.

00:39So you were on set and someone called Steven Spielberg happened to rock up.

00:43Were you there the day that he was there?

00:44I wasn't! And he came down in a helicopter.

00:46Stop it.

00:47I wish I was there. I wish I was there.

00:50If you were there what would you have asked him?

00:52Can I be in all of your films? Can you put me on retainer? Please?

00:59One is enough but also just put me in everything else and all.

01:03He's so cool.

01:04You have the in now, the production film. You have the in.

01:07So you can still sit in the DM somewhere.

01:09Yeah I hope so. He's a really cool guy.

01:12I think I want to be in ET2 maybe.

01:14Do you think they'll do a second? I could play the alien, I don't mind.

01:17I'll do it.

01:19What about who was the naughtiest on this?

01:21Because I feel that there was some bad behaviour that must have happened behind the scenes.

01:24Who was naughty?

01:25You know what? Everyone was really well behaved.

01:28And it wasn't me. I'm like a, what do you call it?

01:31I'm like a apple, you know that apple, the annoying student in a class.

01:36I'm like that one.

01:37Always following me.

01:38I love it.

01:39When you first found out, how did you stay calm and cool and collected?

01:43My eyes went wide and then I tried to play it off as cool.

01:46And then I was like okay, okay, okay, this is very, very cool.

01:49And then I told everyone.

01:50And they were like that's really, really cool.

01:51And then I was like okay, get all your freaking out done before you get on set.

01:55Because you don't want to scare anyone.

01:57But like I think it's more like, in a way I always feel like that whenever I'm doing a job.

02:02Because I've somehow been able to work with a lot of very cool people.

02:06So I get in, I like wipe the slate and I'm like okay.

02:12Is there anyone in particular that you were just found going over a little bit?

02:15Helen.

02:16Helen.

02:17Did you get any merch signed?

02:18She gave me a pen.

02:20She gave me a cool pen as a gift.

02:23And yeah, and she's just so lovely and cool.

02:28And I feel completely just besotted with her.

02:31I really hope that pen has not got my hand back.

02:33Yeah, yeah, yeah.

02:35Sign a check.

02:36Do people do that anymore?

02:37I love it.

02:38I've got my pen.

02:39And if you're going to bring anyone into the Thursday murder club.

02:42Anyone.

02:43Who would you bring in?

02:44Because Richard said the Spice Girls.

02:46It was very strange.

02:47Yeah.

02:48I mean fair.

02:50Right.

02:51Who would I bring in?

02:52Beyonce.

02:53Spice Girls are coming in.

02:54Bring in Beyonce.

02:55I don't know what she would do.

02:57But she'd be there.

02:59And we could just chat.

03:00I don't want to hear you see some girls next year.

03:02No you don't.

03:03Okay.

03:05No you don't.

03:06And what happens next, Miss?

03:07You've got the rest of 2025 to come?

03:09Yeah, I've got a bit of stuff going on.

03:10Yeah?

03:11Yeah, it's quite exciting.

03:12Really?

03:13Yeah.

03:14I don't think I'm a...

03:15It's always exciting.

03:16It's always like a different thing.

03:18But there's some really fun stuff.

03:20Stuff I've kind of been a part of helping get made and things that I'm joining.

03:25And I don't know, next year is also exciting.

03:27So I've had a good break and I'm ready to get back into work.

03:31And then I'll have a big break after that.

03:33I love it.

03:34And the kids that are trying to be you.

03:35Yeah.

03:36What are you saying to them?

03:37Be you.

03:38And also, it's not a no, it's a later situation.

03:44It's not straightforward.

03:46But if you concentrate on the craft, everything else will come in due time.

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